Is there a relationship between reading labels and BMI?
There is a strong indication that there is a very important relationship between women who read the nutritional labels and there BMI or body mass index. One study found that a good percentage of mothers (55.1%) did report using and reading nutrition labels (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). However when it came to using the ingredients list and serving size on the labels the percentages began to drop. This led the people in charge of this study to the idea that misuse of the labels could be contributing to obesity and education and awareness should be exercised with these labels. The mothers in the 55% that reported ...