Rating System For Processed Foods - American Medical Association
Main Category: Nutrition / DietArticle Date: 19 Jun 2008 - 6:00 PST
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The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new public health policy.
Nutritional information can be difficult to understand. This new policy asks for an easier to understand food label that features a simplified, rating system in addition to the current food label.
"Incorporating a simplified rating system to the nutritional label could provide consumers with a better understanding of the product's nutritional value," said AMA Board Member William Dolan, M.D. "A rating system may also encourage manufacturers to increase the nutritional value of food in order to achieve a better rating."
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