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A color-coded system could help people make healthier choices at food pantries, study shows Taylor Avery, USA TODAY
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Food pantry patrons make healthier choices when foods are organized by nutrition level, new research shows.
Using a food categorizing system called Supporting Wellness at Pantries that ranks different foods based on their level of saturated fat, sodium and added sugars, researchers found patrons selected 11% more healthy foods and decreased unhealthy choices by 7%. The most important finding from this study is that people who go to food pantries, like all of us, want to eat a healthy diet, and it s very hard to quickly figure out which items are the healthiest, said Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and an author of the study. The purpose of SWAP is to just simplify that whole process by doing all of the evaluating ahead of time, having a simple color-coded system that s very easy to unde
Food Pantries Use Nutrition Information to Increase Healthy Food Orders
Food pantries are more likely to order healthier food when nutrition information is easily accessible, according to a new study by UConn s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.
Easily available nutrition information helps food pantries avoid less-healthy foods (Shutterstock). Copy Link
Food pantries select foods with higher nutritional quality, such as fresh produce, brown rice, and low-fat meats, when nutrition information is made available, according to new research from the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. Selections of less healthy options, such as sugary juice drinks, higher fat dairy, and higher fat meats, also decrease when nutrition information is available.