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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ATLANTA—Citing evidence that shows notable deficiencies in the food industry’s latest labeling system, called Nutrition Keys, health experts challenge the industry’s action in an article published in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
In their “Perspective” piece, Jeffrey Koplan, MD, MPH, director of the Emory Global Health Institute, and Kelly Brownell, PhD, director of the Rudd Center of Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, note that even though the industry’s action may seem positive at first glance by creating a single system with objective nutrition information, the approach is contrary to what research shows would be helpful to consumers. They say it also preemptively undermines the deliberations of the Food and Drug Administration and the Institute of Medicine, which are scheduled to release a report on food labeling in the fall.
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