John E. Lewis|Kristopher L. Arheart|William G. LeBlanc|Lora E. Fleming|David J Lee|Evelyn P. Davila|Alberto J. Cabán-Martinez|Noella A. Dietz|Kathryn E. McCollister|Frank C. Bandiera|John D. Clark
Food label use and awareness of nutritional information and recommendations among persons with chronic disease
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relation chronic disease poor nutritional habits use food labels adherence dietary recommendations important chronic disease populations explored whether persons chronic disease read nutrient information food labels whether aware dietary guidelinesthis study aimed assess dietary information use among persons chronic disease using nationally representative sample us populationa total 5603 respondents aged 17 20052006 national health nutrition examination survey participated study representative sample us civilians asked 17 questions regarding awareness federal nutrition information food label use given two 24h recall dietary interviews participants classified 5 disease categories 1 hypertension 2 hypercholesterolemia 3 diabetesat risk diabetes 4 overweight 5 heart diseasesubjects chronic diseases aware nutritional recommendations checked often specific nutrients used nutrition information food labels often participants without diseases label use behavior inconsistently associated dietary guideline compliancepeople chronic disease generally reported better nutrition awareness food label use checking behaviors compared without chronic disease translate unequivocally better eating behaviors new strategies needed improve actual nutritional behaviors persons chronic disease