Categorizing Foods by Relative Healthfulness: A Scoping Review of Front of Pack Labelling

Worksites are a suitable platform for employees to engage in behavioral change towards a healthy lifestyle by the modification of the food environment. Grading canteen foods at worksites into categories of relative healthfulness is an important indicator in the planning of food environmental interve...

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Autores principales:	Shivneta Singh, Ashika Naicker, Sinenhlanhla Ntokozo Memela
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	canteen front of pack (FOP) labelling healthfulness worksite countries intervention Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9591c769a62e44b8b9a96d643637c9e42021-11-25T17:49:59ZCategorizing Foods by Relative Healthfulness: A Scoping Review of Front of Pack Labelling10.3390/ijerph1822119801660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/9591c769a62e44b8b9a96d643637c9e42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11980https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Worksites are a suitable platform for employees to engage in behavioral change towards a healthy lifestyle by the modification of the food environment. Grading canteen foods at worksites into categories of relative healthfulness is an important indicator in the planning of food environmental interventions. However, in the absence of mandatory front of pack (FOP) labelling in South Africa, categorizing packaged and cooked food at worksite canteens is challenging. A scoping review was conducted on FOP labelling schemes to inform the selection of a FOP labelling scheme best suited for canteen foods at worksites in South Africa. The results of the scoping study, tabulated into a narrative summary, showed that there are several well-developed approaches to classifying foods by relative healthfulness through nutrient profiling and different forms of expression. It is recommended that because worksite canteen food sales in South Africa include both packaged and cooked food, and that a general test of various labelling schemes should be conducted to determine if a directional change is made towards purchasing healthier foods. Grading foods using interpretational aides such as an adapted FOP nutrition label to the South African context into categories of relative healthfulness can be a practical tool to inform food environmental interventions at worksite canteens and beyond.Shivneta SinghAshika NaickerSinenhlanhla Ntokozo MemelaMDPI AGarticlecanteenfront of pack (FOP) labellinghealthfulnessworksitecountriesinterventionMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11980, p 11980 (2021)
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description	Worksites are a suitable platform for employees to engage in behavioral change towards a healthy lifestyle by the modification of the food environment. Grading canteen foods at worksites into categories of relative healthfulness is an important indicator in the planning of food environmental interventions. However, in the absence of mandatory front of pack (FOP) labelling in South Africa, categorizing packaged and cooked food at worksite canteens is challenging. A scoping review was conducted on FOP labelling schemes to inform the selection of a FOP labelling scheme best suited for canteen foods at worksites in South Africa. The results of the scoping study, tabulated into a narrative summary, showed that there are several well-developed approaches to classifying foods by relative healthfulness through nutrient profiling and different forms of expression. It is recommended that because worksite canteen food sales in South Africa include both packaged and cooked food, and that a general test of various labelling schemes should be conducted to determine if a directional change is made towards purchasing healthier foods. Grading foods using interpretational aides such as an adapted FOP nutrition label to the South African context into categories of relative healthfulness can be a practical tool to inform food environmental interventions at worksite canteens and beyond.
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title	Categorizing Foods by Relative Healthfulness: A Scoping Review of Front of Pack Labelling
title_short	Categorizing Foods by Relative Healthfulness: A Scoping Review of Front of Pack Labelling
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title_fullStr	Categorizing Foods by Relative Healthfulness: A Scoping Review of Front of Pack Labelling
title_full_unstemmed	Categorizing Foods by Relative Healthfulness: A Scoping Review of Front of Pack Labelling
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Categorizing Foods by Relative Healthfulness: A Scoping Review of Front of Pack Labelling

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