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Nutrition labels' strengths & weaknesses and strategies for improving their use in Iran: A qualitative study.

Shirin SeyedhamzehSaharnaz NedjatElham ShakibazadehAzam DoustmohammadianHedayat HosseiniAhmad Reza Dorosty Motlagh
Published in: PloS one (2020)
The findings of this study underscore the importance of implementing the policy of nutrition labeling in Iran. Mothers and nutritionists believed TLL to be more appropriate for the public to understand, however, FQCs and food industry experts believed that NFL was more suitable in guiding consumers toward healthy food choices. Education and information dissemination via media on interpretive TLL may affect consumer behavior toward food purchases.
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