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Saturday, April 8, 2023

Did Chile’s Front-of-Pack Labeling Change Children's Food Behaviors?

 In 2016 the Chilean government took action to redesign packaging, restrict marketing to children, and provide nutritional clarity with prominent front-of-package (FOP) labeling. For the youngest food consumers that meant cartoon mascots disappearing from boxes, prohibiting television and website advertising targeting youth, and the removal of junk food from schools. Did the new laws create a healthier food environment or did they push junk food consumption into new areas of children's lives?

https://nutrition.tufts.edu/news/chile-laws-changing-unhealthy-food-behaviors

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