Patient understanding of food labels: the role of literacy and numeracy.
By R. Rothman, Ryan Housam, H. Weiss, Dianne L. Davis, R. Gregory, T. Gebretsadik, Ayumi Shintani, T. Elasy. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2006
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Subfields: General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Citations in the corpus
- Nutrition labels on pre-packaged foods: a systematic review (2011, background): “Younger participants((53)), as well as those with higher education((52,53)), income, literacy and numeracy((52)), were more likely to report understanding nutrition”
- How numeracy influences risk comprehension and medical decision making. (2009, neutral): “Thus, educational attainment does not ensure grade-level skills, and this is particularly true for mathematical skills (Doak & Doak, 1980; Kicklighter & Stein, 1993; McNeal, Salisbury, Baumgardner, & Wheeler, 1984; Rothman et al., 2006; Safeer & Keenan, 2005; Sentell & Halpin, 2006).”
- Using Behavioral Economics to Design More Effective Food Policies to Address Obesity (2014, background): “For instance, nutrition information is currently presented in a numerical format (e.g., percentage of daily value or a calorie range) that people have difficulty evaluating (Liu et al. 2013; Rothman et al. 2006).”