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nutrition labels tool inform encourage public make healthier food choices little information available use multiethnic adolescent populations us purpose study examine associations level nutrition label usage healthyunhealthy eating behaviors among statewide representative sample 8th 11thgrade students texas analyzed crosssectional associations nutrition facts label use eating behaviors statewide sample 8th 11thgrade students texas n 4730 weighted n 710731 mean age 147 16 years 49 female 51 hispanic completed 20192020 texas school physical activity nutrition tx span survey students selfreported level nutrition label usage make food choices 5point likert scale never always previous day consumption 26 food items 13 healthy 13 unhealthy 26 food items used calculate healthy eating index hei score 0100 healthy foods index hfi score 0100 unhealthy foods index ufi score 0100 weighted linear regression models employed examine associations selfreported use nutrition labels make food choices hei hfi ufi scores marginal predicted means hei hfi ufi scores calculated post hoc linear regression models odds consuming specific individual food items nutrition label usage also calculated weighted logistic regression models linear logistic regression models adjusted grade sex body mass index bmi raceethnicity economic disadvantage percentage english language learners school total 110 students reported alwaysalmost always using nutrition labels make food choices 279 reported sometimes using 610 indicated neveralmost never used nutrition labels make food choices average hei score among students sample 477 59 nutrition facts label usage significantly positively associated hei b 579 95ci 445 712 hfi b 728 95ci448 1007 significantly negatively associated ufi b 430 95ci 625 234 doseresponse relationship observed nutrition label usage hei hfi ufi scores strength associations increased onepoint increase nutrition label usage students reported using nutrition labels alwaysalmost always make food choices significantly higher odds consuming healthy foods including baked meat nuts brown bread vegetables whole fruit yogurt orrange 131307 significantly lower odds consuming unhealthy foods including chips cake candy soda orrange 048068 compared students reported neveralmost never using nutrition facts label using nutrition facts labels make food choices beneficially associated healthy unhealthy eating among 8th 11thgrade students although proportion students using nutrition labels make food choices low public health efforts made improve nutrition literacy encourage nutrition label use among secondary students united states