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Traffic Light Diets for Childhood Obesity: Disambiguation of Terms and Critical Review of Application, Food Categorization, and Strength of Evidence

Colby J Vorland; Michelle M Bohan Brown; Michelle I Cardel; Andrew W Brown

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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Nutrition & agingStatistical rigor

nutrition · obesity · pediatrics · evidence-synthesis

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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

Versions & associated materials

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Traffic Light Diets Per Se Have Limited Evidence for Effectiveness on Childhood Obesity: A Review

Conference Abstract · 2020 · Current Developments in Nutrition

Colby Vorland; Michelle Bohan Brown; Michelle Cardel; Andrew Brown

DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa063_095

Traffic Light Diets Per Se Have Limited Evidence For Effectiveness on Childhood Obesity: A Review

Poster · 2020 · American Society for Nutrition (Nutrition 2020), online

Vorland, C.J.; Bohan Brown, M.M.; Cardel, M.I.; Brown, A.W.

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