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Using the Nutrition Facts Label to Make Food Choices Is Associated with Healthier Eating among 8th and 11th-Grade Students: An Analysis of Statewide Representative Data from the 2019-2020 Texas School Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey.

Christopher D PfleddererNalini RanjitAdriana PérezRaja I MalkaniAugusto Cesar Ferreira De MoraesEthan T HuntCarolyn L SmithDeanna M Hoelscher
Published in: Nutrients (2024)
Using the Nutrition Facts labels to make food choices is beneficially associated with healthy and unhealthy eating among 8th and 11th-grade students, although the proportion of students using nutrition labels to make their food choices was low. Public health efforts should be made to improve nutrition literacy and encourage nutrition label use among secondary students in the United States.
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