Sarah Sinclair|David Hammond|Samantha Goodman
Sociodemographic Differences in the Comprehension of Nutritional Labels on Food Products
examine comprehension nutrition labels across sociodemographic groups using measure health literacycrosssectional survey community sample adults including adapted version newest vital sign canadian nutrition facts table prepackaged grocery products including numerical conversion questions calorie content percent daily valueapproximately two thirds participants able correctly identify calorie content percent daily value nutrition label participants higher education higher income aged 64 years look nutritional facts calories significantly likely estimate correct calorie content participants significantly likely correctly identify percent daily value reported higher education higher income white ethnicityapproximately one third participants could comprehend basic information canadian nutrition labels lower socioeconomic status associated poorer performance