FoodSwitch: A Mobile Phone App to Enable Consumers to Make Healthier Food Choices and Crowdsourcing of National Food Composition Data

• Main Authors: Dunford, Elizabeth (Author), Trevena, Helen (Author), Goodsell, Chester (Author), Ng, Ka Hung (Author), Webster, Jacqui (Author), Millis, Audra (Author), Goldstein, Stan (Author), Hugueniot, Orla (Author), Neal, Bruce (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundFront-of-pack nutrition labeling (FoPL) schemes can help consumers understand the nutritional content of foods and may aid healthier food choices. However, most packaged foods in Australia carry no easily interpretable FoPL, and no standard FoPL system has yet been mandated. About two thir...