Nutrition

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Canadian Food Labeling: A Call For Reform

This article attempts to discuss the issue of nutrition labeling in Canada. The article argues that it should be mandatory for all food products to have nutrition labels on them. It is said that Canadians are missing out on many nutritional facts and is affecting the health of the Canadians. There have been many proposed ideas to help this situation but has been ignored over and over again. Ideas such as all food labels should be required to provide, in both French and English, the content of all important nutrients for which health authorities have made recommendations, nutrition information should be based on serving sizes that are standardized within food categories so that consumers can easily compare different products, Nutrition information should be provided in a way that enables consumers to determine how a typical serving of the food fits into a healthful daily diet, mandatory nutrition labeling that meets those criteria is essential to enable Canadians to improve!
their diet and long-term health.
We all know that diet is an important factor in our lives it promote good health and plays an important role in preventing disease as well. In Canada it is troublesome for people to try and follow dietary advice because there is no mandatory food labeling. This causes problems for Canadians to determine nutrient content in many of foods. The article conducts a survey asking the Canadian people whether or not they think that nutrition plays an important role in day-to-day life.
“In the U.S., virtually all packaged foods are required to bear a "Nutrition Facts" label that provides American consumers with extensive information on important nutrients in a standardized, easy-to-read format. The "Nutrition Facts" label is very useful in helping Americans to select more healthful foods. For example, a 1996 survey found that 58% of American consumers said they almost always read the...