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Marketing practice called ‘health framing’ complicates consumers’ efforts to compare product nutrition information

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20 Feb, 2012

A recent study conducted in part by CSU found that by using a smaller serving size on labels, food manufacturers can reduce the reported calories, fat, sugar and carbohydrates in a product serving, which in turn can influence consumers’ feelings about purchasing and consuming that food item.

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