Nutrition Labelling – an Educational Tool for Reducing Risks of High Salt Intake in Population

O. Cernelev¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.3 , pp.1-7, Mar-2021

Online published on Mar 31, 2021

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Abstract :
Increased salt intake is the cause of countless long-term complications that have a major physical, mental, social and economic impact. This generates the appearance and development of a series of non-communicable diseases such as kidney disease, stomach cancer, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, strokes, heart failure, etc. Many governments around the world have developed legal framework to encourage a standard and informative system for labelling food nutrients, including salt on packaged products. While this trend is global, there remain differences between approaches to nutrition labelling policy framework. However, this intervention is important for risk management of exposure to salt intake in population. The paper presents a global overview of different types of front-of pack nutrition labelling systems. It examines the graphical approaches and the key trends in the standards on nutrition labelling, followed by some concluding comments.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Nutrition labelling, Policy framework, FOP, Salt, Sodium

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