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The study was made to determine what sociodemographic components affect food panel label use. It is targeted at adults and was found that more women with higher incomes are more likely to use the food panel. It was determined that the labels were used to maintain a healthy body weight based upon the information on the label. The survey was random across 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This study is questioning whether the legislation passed called the Nutrition Labeling and Education act actually causes consumers to purchase healthier food. The purpose of the study was to determine if the new labeling would affect how the consumers ate.

An explanation of the current nutrition facts label required by the FDA. Contains facts and statistics about the American diet and use of the labeling system.

This is not a scholarly article but it is reputable. It reveals the common misconception behind the labeling on food. The author also addresses serving size and the ingredients list.

This article talks about how nutrition and the food items that are contained in the product are listed on the side of the product. This article is very interesting because it talks about how many labels over exaggerate exactly how health the product is. "fat free", or "low carb" foods are actually not healthy to eat. It discusses how looks can be deceiving when eating/buying certain products.

This article discusses a study that was done to test the understanding of patients literacy of food labels. It was tested by a test known as, REALM, and given to adults. This test showed that doctors need to provide nutrition information to patients to improve there health before and after surgery.

The authors share the difference of how the education gap between minority and low-income students compares to the fortunate white students. These low-income students are usually seen in urban schools that are at a disadvantage because of their label as a "failing school". The authors conduct a chart that shows the number of free or reduced lunches, percent of minority students, the student teacher ratio and the percent of poverty rate of failing schools, choice schools and the mean difference in schools in North Carolina. The rates in failing schools were substantially higher than the ones in choice schools. This process was only conducted in North Carolina, but it would be very similar for all states.

The authors research the effects of public school choice in the state of South Carolina under the No Child Left Behind Act. It has been found that public schools are labeled "in need of improvement" if there is a large minority of students and a large amount of poverty independent of rural, suburban, or urban location. The article touches on all the spatial aspects of the academic achievement gap between public schools and how rural failing schools are the most disadvantaged. The research in the article is useful but it is limited to the state of South Carolina.

Scheibehenne conducted computerized surveys in a mall food court in Berlin, Germany. In a controlled setting, 20 different platter options of food were presented and customers were able to choose their meal freely. After choosing, they completed a computerized survey called an FCQ of food choice questionnaire. The unique purpose of this study was to determine the level in which humans make food choices based on heuristics, or "rule of thumb" choices. Interestingly, the results from this study show that the heuristic choices that humans make are just as significant as any other reason for making food decisions. This suggests that nutrition labels on a cereal box, for example, may not be influencing humans as much as the heuristic approach to food choice.

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This article talks about the way radio stations and record labels are censoring their artists and albums. Some artists are force to remove songs from their albums, create edited albums, or even refuse to play certain artists. It also talks about how many albums containing derogatory terms and drug references are not sold in certain stores and not played on certain stations, despite the censorship which might aid in the literacy of younger listeners.

This article focuses on the financial education of American consumers. The researchers have labeled Americans as having excess debt, poor retirement planning and insufficient savings. They believe one answer to the financial problems facing Americans has to do with the amount of financial information available. In some cases credit cards provide too much information and technical terms which may confuse the consumer. On the other hand when there is too little information the consumer may not be able to make proper choices.

The research found by the author focuses on college students and how they choose the foods they eat at the food courts on college campuses. It only includes sixteen students at one college but the author finds very important information concerning food selection. They focus upon college students because it is the time of transition from childhood to adulthood.

Complex diet regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and, just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion.