Providing Informative Nutrition Facts for Food Ordering

Online food ordering services provide little to no information regarding nutritional facts. This makes it difficult for customers to make decisions based on their nutrition and health needs. This disclosure describes an online food ordering service that provides users the nutritional facts of a food item prior to order placement. The information is provided via a suitable user interface of a website or app that enables the user to drill down further to obtain more granular information. If the user permits, prior orders of the users are used to provide periodic feedback regarding eating behavior and nutritional intake

Dairy and Dairy Alternatives: Media Portrayal vs. Nutritional Facts

Many people use dairy alternatives in their everyday lives. In particular, society’s emphasis on low-fat, low-cal nutrition has created a huge desire for something other than milk in cereal, ice-cream, coffee etc., but are these alternatives actually healthier? In this project, I will examine the media portrayal of three major dairy alternatives, soy-milk, almond-milk, and rice-milk, and whether the nutritional truths, discovered through background research, back up the views and expectations of the consumer, as determined by a questionnaire. I will compare what people think is the healthiest with what the actual facts are

Just the Financial Facts Please! A Secret Survey of Financial Services in San Francisco's Mission District

Examines the costs and dynamics of borrowing $1,000 from various financial service providers in a historic immigrant community. Proposes Financial Facts labels and a Responsible Lending and Borrowing Checklist to increase residents' financial capability

Promoting healthy eating habits among youth according to their preferences: Indications from a discrete choice experiment in Tuscany

Abstract Introduction The incidence of overweight among youth in Western Countries requires the implementation of initiatives to promote healthy lifestyles. Although under particular conditions obesity is not preventable, drawing attention on factors affecting teenagers' preferences can ameliorate the efficacy of public interventions designed for health promotion. Methods This study aims at eliciting teenagers' food preferences through a discrete choice experiment, conducted in Tuscany using a webAPP survey, with the participation of more than 4,700 teenagers. Respondents expressed their preferences for breakfast food based on three attributes: food quality, packaging and claim. The survey also collected information on respondents' socio-demographic characteristics, social influence and media use for food information. Results Teenagers' preferences for healthy foods seem positively related with their own level of food literacy. The tendency of respondents to read labels and nutritional facts is positively associated with preferences for healthier foods. Peers' influence is not significant, while family influence has a positive impact on teenagers' healthy choices. Internet usage is associated with unhealthy choices with a healthy aspect. Conclusion The results can be useful in defining effective actions for the promotion of healthy behaviors among teenagers, either in communication and awareness campaigns or in education and activation initiatives, with respect to the reading and interpretation of nutritional facts and labels, the role of family and friends, and the use of media

Assessment of Consumers’ Knowledge and Their Use of Nutritional Facts on Food Labels for Saudi and Non-Saudi Individuals During Umrah Period

Introduction: The nutritional facts on food labels provide a consumer with the easiest way to select food based on its nutritional facts which are located on the food label. Adding nutrition content on food labels could be one of the most effective tools for communicating nutritional information to consumers. Method: Saudi and non-Saudi pilgrims during Umrah period among the population aged ≥ 18 years. The study comprised a structured questionnaire packet that inquired about demographic information (gender, nationality, marital status, education level, age, employment, monthly income (Saudi Arabian riyals) SAR, medical diagnosis, and food allergy. The survey was conducted from 23 March to 20 April 2023. All data were collected using an online self-reported questionnaire, using Google Forms. Given the high internet usage among people in the KSA, the link of the online questionnaire was distributed to the target population, and various media platforms, including Email, Google Drive, and WhatsApp groups, and their responses were collected. Results: Our study showed the knowledge of the consumers and their use of nutritional facts on food labels for Saudi and non-Saudi individuals during Umrah period, most of the research sample individuals were Women at a rate of 54.7%, and 60.7% of the research sample individuals were Saudi. According to Marital states, 48.7% were Married by Divorced, Single, and Widowed at the rate of, 24, 16, and 11.3% respectively. In addition, educated individuals with a Bachelor's degree were more aware of nutritional facts on food labels than a High School or Master / Ph.D. It is clear that 62 of the research sample individuals their aged between 30 to 40 years followed by 49 aged ‎ 41 years or more and 39 of the research sample individuals aged ‎ less than 30 years. Based on the Medical diagnosis, our results display that, most of the research sample individuals were Hypertension which counted 39 of the total individuals followed by Diseases free, Cardiovascular, Asthma, Diabetes, Iron deficiency (anemia), Liver diseases, Cancer, and Thyroid respectively. The majority of the individuals were allergic to foo at about 62%m while 38%. Moreover, 70.7% of the research sample individuals were aware that ‎packaged foods have labels, and 50% of them were always reading food labels followed by 30.7% Sometimes reading and 19.3% they are never reading. 92% of the research sample individuals believed labels were helpful when purchasing. Conclusion: From the results, it can be concluded that more than half of the sample individuals mentioned that they were aware that ‎packaged foods have labels, and 50% of them were always reading food labels, It also indicates that the majority of respondents who are reading food labels who are Hypertension patients, Cardiovascular, Asthma, Diabetes, Iron deficiency (anemia), Liver diseases, Cancer, and Thyroid which means they are reading based on their high awareness of the strong relation between their health condition and food. The results also indicate that nutrition information awareness and reading do not significantly differ according to gender at the same time they differ based on nationality whereas Saudi individuals were more aware than non-Saudi

Análise físico-química de salames coloniais comercializados no município de Toledo, Estado do Paraná

Physical-chemical analysis of colonial italian type salami commercialized in Toledo, Parana state. Italian immigration in the west of Parana State contributed for the development of small meat industries. the colonial Italian-type salami is one of the main commercialized meat products in this region, therefore making necessary its quality evaluation. the aim of this work is to verify whether the composition of the colonial salami is in accordance with Brazilian law, and the nutritional facts information on the labels of these products. Four different marks of colonial Italian-type salami produced in the region of Toledo, Parana State and one great trade mark of Italian-type salami were herein evaluated. Properties like moisture, percentages of proteins, ashes, lipids and cholesterol were evaluated. We recorded a great discrepancy between values presented in the nutritional facts information and determined values, except for the industrialized salami. the moisture content was higher than the maximum levels recommended by the legislation. On the other hand, protein contents were lower than the minimum values recommended, and only the fat content matched the values established by Brazilian law. the cholesterol contents were lower than described on the labels when they contain them. According to the composition of the product and the Brazilian legislation, such salami could not be classified as Italian-type salami.Universidade Federal de São Paulo, BR-09972270 São Paulo, BrazilUniv Estadual Oeste Parana, Toledo, Parana, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, BR-09972270 São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc

Intake of game birds in the UK:assessment of the contribution to the dietary intake of lead by women of childbearing age and children

AbstractObjectiveConcern has recently been expressed about Pb levels in Pb-shot game meat. Our aim was to determine the consumption of game birds in a representative sample population in the UK, and in children and women of childbearing age in particular.DesignPopulation-based cross-sectional cohort study. Data from 4 d diet diaries from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS; 2008–2010) were extracted to analyse data on game bird consumption in the sample population, in women of childbearing age (15–45 years old) and in children ≤6 years old.SettingHome-based study in representative areas of the UK.SubjectsParticipants in the NDNS (2008–2010; n 2126, age 1·5 to &gt;65 years).ResultsFifty-eight participants (2·7 %) reported eating game birds. The mean intake was 19·5 (sd 18·1) g/d (median 15·6, range 1·3–92·9 g/d). In women of childbearing age (15–45 years), 11/383 (2·9 %) reported eating game birds, with a mean intake of 22·4 (sd 25·8) g/d (median 15·6, range 2·0–92·9 g/d). In children aged ≤6 years old, 3/342 (0·9 %) were reported as eating game birds, with a mean intake of 6·8 (sd 9·7) g/d (median 2·4, range 1·3–23·2 g/d).ConclusionsThe prevalence of consumption of game birds by women of childbearing age and children ≤6 years old was relatively low and intakes were small. However, any exposure to Pb in these two groups is undesirable. As are uncertainties about the ability of the diet diary method to capture the consumption of food items that are infrequently consumed, alternative methods of capturing these data should be used in future studies.</jats:sec