Nutrition facts have become more and more important to me as I get older. When I was younger, I never really paid attention to them. I also didn't understand how to read them nor did I care as much about what I was eating!
According to a recent Nielson Company survey, 65% of American’s notice nutritional information on both food and supplement packages and about the same percentage understand what they are reading. There is also increasing pressure on food companies to educate consumers about what they are eating and why consumers should be eating their product. In a way, nutrition information, whether it be on your cereal or the supplement facts on your multivitamin is also a part of marketing, convincing consumers to buy a particular product over a competitor. There is no doubt that reduced fat, low fat, low carb, low sodium, whole grain, whole wheat and sugar free, products have become more popular. The use of the nutrition labels is a drive against obesity and toward the acceleration of health and nutrition.
A lot of diets, such as Weight Watchers, rely on nutrition facts, and the percentages are a start to basic nutrition. For me nutrition information is often a deciding factor when I am at the grocery store, even more so than the price of the food.
Make sure you understand "the facts". You can learn more about nutrition facts by clicking here.
-Community Assistant
According to a recent Nielson Company survey, 65% of American’s notice nutritional information on both food and supplement packages and about the same percentage understand what they are reading. There is also increasing pressure on food companies to educate consumers about what they are eating and why consumers should be eating their product. In a way, nutrition information, whether it be on your cereal or the supplement facts on your multivitamin is also a part of marketing, convincing consumers to buy a particular product over a competitor. There is no doubt that reduced fat, low fat, low carb, low sodium, whole grain, whole wheat and sugar free, products have become more popular. The use of the nutrition labels is a drive against obesity and toward the acceleration of health and nutrition.
A lot of diets, such as Weight Watchers, rely on nutrition facts, and the percentages are a start to basic nutrition. For me nutrition information is often a deciding factor when I am at the grocery store, even more so than the price of the food.
Make sure you understand "the facts". You can learn more about nutrition facts by clicking here.
-Community Assistant
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