Research shows that health food makes people believe they can eat more. Britain came close to adopting a traffic-light system of compulsory food labelling to grade the health impact of food ...

The traffic light system for front-of-pack food labelling is the most effective in helping people identify healthier food products, a new study of Australian consumers has found. Australian ...

The traffic light label on foods could be considered a good way to help consumers make healthier food decisions by showing all relevant nutrition information at a glance. The label is already ...

A traffic light food labeling intervention increases consumer awareness of health and healthy choices at the point-of-purchase. Preventive Medicine , 2013; 57 (4): 253 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.07.001 ...

Food labels are mystifying: Even armed with data about nutritional content, consumers still can’t seem to make healthier choices with the information, if the obesity epidemic is any guide. One ...

There are three main benefits to traffic light food labels: 1) Only a small percentage of the population read the current back-of-pack nutrition information panels and even fewer understand it.

The mere presence of a traffic light system should be a red flag in itself. When a food requires such elaborate packaging and nutritional gymnastics to appear healthy, it's a sign that what you're ...

The case for traffic light food labels has recently strengthened in the United Kingdom, where traffic light labels have been on products in various forms since 2007.

However, the impact for health of certain food is always relative and depends on the quantities consumed. “There would not be any harm from the cured pork fat, if you are not eating it three times a ...

The BBC's Jacques Peretti investigates why many in the food industry have been reluctant to adopt a new labelling system.

Food labels are mystifying: Even armed with data about nutritional content, consumers still can't seem to make healthier choices with the information, if the obesity epidemic is any guide.