Front-of-pack (FOP) labelling systems, nutrition education, and obesity prevention: nutri-score and nutrinform battery need more research

Michele O Carruba¹, Alexis Malavazos^{2

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4}, Alessandra Valerio⁵, Enzo Nisoli⁶

Affiliations

¹ Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. michele.carruba@unimi.it.
² Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Endocrinology Unit, Clinical Nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention Service, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
⁶ Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. enzo.nisoli@unimi.it.

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Michele O Carruba et al. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;27(6):2265-2266.

doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01342-x. Epub 2021 Dec 2.

Michele O Carruba¹, Alexis Malavazos^{2

3

4}, Alessandra Valerio⁵, Enzo Nisoli⁶

¹ Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. michele.carruba@unimi.it.
² Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Endocrinology Unit, Clinical Nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention Service, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
⁶ Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Biomedical Technology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. enzo.nisoli@unimi.it.

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Front-of-pack (FOP) labelling systems to improve the quality of nutrition information to prevent obesity: NutrInform Battery vs Nutri-Score.
Carruba MO, Caretto A, De Lorenzo A, Fatati G, Ghiselli A, Lucchin L, Maffeis C, Malavazos A, Malfi G, Riva E, Ruocco C, Santini F, Silano M, Valerio A, Vania A, Nisoli E. Carruba MO, et al. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Jun;27(5):1575-1584. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01316-z. Epub 2021 Oct 19. Eat Weight Disord. 2022. PMID: 34664216 Free PMC article. Review.

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