Annotated Bibliography

Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Alfieri, L., & Kiefer, L. (2000). The nutrition label knowledge and usage
behaviours of women in the US. Nutrition Bulletin, 25(4), 315-322.
This article conducts a study to find out the skills of women in reading the labels in foods. They
talk about how knowing about food labeling is very important for our health. They say that
nutrition labelling education programs can help people to use nutrition labels to improve the
quality of their diets.
This article is relevant and important to my questions because it helps me answer the value to
know about food labeling and also how we can convince people about the importance of food
labels.

Fries, W. (2014). Nutrition Label Glossary: Definitions of Nutrition Fact Terms. Retrieved
November 9, 2015, from http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/definitions-glossary
This website talks about the definition of food labeling. It provides information on what a food
label contains. It also gives information on what each part of a food label means.
This website is relevant and important to my questions because it provides me with part of the
definition of food labeling and it helps me answer my first research question, which is what
defines food labeling.

Henneberry, S. R., Armbruster, W. J. (November 2003). Emerging Roles for Food Labels:
Inform, Protect, Persuade. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?
doi=10.1.1.499.8695&rep=rep1&type=pdf
This article talks about the benefits of using food labels. It talks about the benefits and costs of
food labels. It also explains the importance of why food labels should be used. It provides some
ways to persuade people to use food labeling.
This article is relevant and important to my research questions because it helps me answer two of
my questions; why is it valuable to know about food labeling? And how can we convince society
about its importance. It provides information on the importance of knowing about food labeling
and it also provides information on convincing society about why food labeling is important.

LaBarbera, M. (2012, May 14). Food Labels - Definition, Facts And Resources - Guide For
Parents On Using Food Labels. Retrieved November 9, 2015, from
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/healthy-living/free-nutrition-articles/160-grocery-foodshopping-facts-food-labels

This website gives the definition of food labeling. It explains the parts of a food label. It also
provides information on how to read a food label better.
I believe this website is relevant and important to my research questions because it provides me
information of what defines food labeling, which is one of my research questions.

Lalor, F. (2014, June). Nutrition labelling - Have we learnt anything from the USA?. Nutrition
Bulletin. pp. 157-160. doi:10.1111/nbu.12096.
The article talks about the law and legislation related to food and nutrition in the U.S. and states
that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the first regulations. The author talks
about the behaviors of consumers in the U.S. related to nutrition labeling. He then expands on
the increase in obesity rates across the world.
This article is relevant and important to my questions because it gives me information about the
history of food labeling and how it started. It also helps gives me information about the value of
food labeling.

Sung-Young, K., Navga Jr., R. M., & Capps Jr., O. (2001). Food Label Use, Self-Selectivity, and
Diet Quality. Journal Of Consumer Affairs, 35(2), 346-363.
This article talks about the importance of food label for improving diet quality in society. It takes
a look at some problems of consumers from the US. related to the use of food labeling and your
own selection of foods. It also gives brief information of how food labeling started.
This is relevant and important to my questions because it helps me answer three of the questions.
It gives me information on how it started, the value of food labeling, and its trying to convince
society of the importance of food labeling.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (n.d.). Retrieved November 9, 2015, from
http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/Labe
lingNutrition/ucm385663.htm
This website provides information on the history of food labeling. It gives us information on how
food labels have been changing and how theyve become better in providing information about
nutrition. It also provides information on how food labels have affected society in their eating
habits. This website also talks about the idea of having, just like in any food packages we buy,
food nutrition facts in restaurants as well.
This website is important and relevant to my research questions because it provides information
about the history of food labeling. It also helps me answer if its valuable to know about food
labeling as well as to convincing society about the importance about food labeling.