Abstract
A correct use of food nutrition la bels benefits consumers in pursuing balanced diets. As a result, we conducted interviews in Nanjing, China and randomly sampled 427 respondents. Further, we used both descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression to assess their perception of food nutrition label use. The results indicated that the current situation is not ideal in Nanjing. Only 7.26% of respondents use labeling consistently. Data on purchasing experience, comprehension, nutritional value, work sector, chronic disease, diet awareness, nutritional knowledge, and age were statistically significant. Conversely, taste and primary shopper categories negatively influenced food nutrition label use. In light of the above results, we propose policy recommendations to promote consumers’ use of food nutrition labels. These are also beneficial in improving diet and relieving chronic diseases.
Highlights
IntroductionPeople pay less attention to healthy eating habits with improvements in their living standards
People pay less attention to healthy eating habits with improvements in their living standards.This leads to a rising number of individuals suffering from various chronic diseases that have become significant causes of death in China [1]
There is a need to solve this menace by improving diet, and food nutrition labeling is directly related to dietary habits [2,3]
Summary
People pay less attention to healthy eating habits with improvements in their living standards. This leads to a rising number of individuals suffering from various chronic diseases that have become significant causes of death in China [1]. The number of patients who suffer from chronic diseases due to diet amounts to 2.493 million. This accounted for 20% of total chronic disease patients [2]. There is a need to solve this menace by improving diet, and food nutrition labeling is directly related to dietary habits [2,3]. In this article we focus on the packaged food nutritional label
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