BOX 1-2Questions of Interest for April 2010 Workshop

Questions specific to system developers:

  • The genesis of the labeling system: What made you think about developing a front-of-package labeling system?
  • The perceived strengths and limitations of the system: What process did you use to come up with the symbol system you chose? What are the strengths of this approach? What are some of the limitations? What did you consider and rule out? Why did you rule it out?

Questions to system developers and other researchers:

  • The potential benefits of front-of-package labeling: What are the main benefits to consumers of the information provided by various systems?
  • Information about the consumer research conducted to develop and evaluate the labeling system: What sort of consumer or audience research has been used to test existing and proposed FOP symbols? What has been learned? What methodologies have been employed in FOP research, including sample size, sample characteristics, how the sample was recruited, and analysis plan? Has testing been conducted to see if the information provided by FOP symbols leads to the anticipated outcomes? What audiences have been included in research on FOP symbols? Why were these audiences chosen? To what extent have low-income populations, racial and ethnic minorities, non-English speakers, children and adolescents, or any other specific subpopulations been included in FOP research?

From: 1, Introduction

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Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols: Phase I Report.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Examination of Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols; Wartella EA, Lichtenstein AH, Boon CS, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2010.
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