Traffic Light Diets for Childhood Obesity: Disambiguation of Terms and Critical Review of Application, Food Categorization, and Strength of Evidence
Distinguishes traffic-light food labels from the wider childhood-obesity programs that use them and finds insufficient evidence to isolate the labels’ causal contribution.
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- Colby J Vorland: Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA. · ORCID 0000-0003-4225-372X
- Michelle M Bohan Brown: Independent Scientific Consultant, Bloomington, IN, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-7959-9225
- Michelle I Cardel: Global Clinical Research & Nutrition, WW International, Inc, New York, NY, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-9395-8618
- Andrew W Brown: Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA. · ORCID 0000-0002-1758-8205
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