The food supply prior to the implementation of the chilean law of food labeling and advertising
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Kanter, Rebecca
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The food supply prior to the implementation of the chilean law of food labeling and advertising
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© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This study aimed to evaluate the composition of the food supply ahead of the implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labeling and Advertising (Law 20.606) in June 2016. The INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring and Action Support) framework for monitoring the composition of the food supply was used. The Law’s initial (2016) and final (2019) limits were used to evaluate if foods would receive a “High in” warning for Calories, Sodium, Sugars and/or Saturated Fats (initial/final, solids: >350/275 kcal; >800/400 mg; >22.5/10 g; >6/4 g; liquids: >100/70 kcal; >100/100 mg; >6/5 g; >3/3 g respectively). Foods were excluded if they required reconstitution, had missing information or if total labeled energy was estimated as incorrect (n = 942). In February 2015 and 2016, fieldworkers photographed a purposeful sample of packaged food and beverage products (n = 5421 and
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/171178
DOI: 10.3390/nu11010052
ISSN: 20726643
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Nutrients, Volumen 11, Issue 1, 2019,
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