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Food Labels and Sources of Nutrients: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff

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Food labels provide the information needed to guide the selection of foods that will help individuals meet nutrition and health goals. Food labels are only valuable if one knows how to use them. This chapter contains key information necessary to best utilize the information contained on food labels and reviews key nutrients and the food groups contributing those nutrients to the diet. In addition, this chapter reviews health claims that may be made on packaging and their definitions. Suggested revisions to the food label are also discussed.

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  1. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Viterbo University, 900 Viterbo Drive, La Crosse, WI, 54601, USA

    Karen M. Gibson D.C.N., R.D.N., C.D., C.S.S.D.

  2. Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB, Canada

    Norman J. Temple Ph.D.

  3. Recreation and Parks Department, Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Asima R. Anwar B.Sc.

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  1. Karen M. Gibson D.C.N., R.D.N., C.D., C.S.S.D.
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Correspondence to Karen M. Gibson D.C.N., R.D.N., C.D., C.S.S.D. .

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  1. Athabasca University Centre for Science, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

    Norman J. Temple

  2. Winona State University Department of Biology, Winona, Minnesota, USA

    Ted Wilson

  3. Louisiana State University Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    George A. Bray

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Gibson, K.M., Temple, N.J., Anwar, A.R. (2017). Food Labels and Sources of Nutrients: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff. In: Temple, N., Wilson, T., Bray, G. (eds) Nutrition Guide for Physicians and Related Healthcare Professionals. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49929-1_30

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