Britnee Haslam

Annotated Bibliography

Compose, Sarah, Juliana Doxey, and David Hammond. "Nutrition Labels on Pre Packaged
Foods." Public Health and Nutrition (2010): 1-11. Google Scholar. Web. 14 July 2016.

Summary: In this article, the authors approach the downfalls of pre packaged nutrition labels.
The writing explains the problems that food production companies produce when they include
misleading informations on the labels of the foods that they do produce. It reflects on the need
for accuracy in nutrition labels as well as the importance of pushing knowledge and information
onto ignorant consumers.
Reflection: The food production companies rely on the ignorance of customers in order to up
their own sales. This article implies that these companies depend on misleading nutritional facts
to make the consumer think that it is the healthiest choice.

Hill, Catey. "Four Legal Ways Your Food Labels Can Mislead You." Market Watch. N.p., 10 Sept.
2015. Web. 15 July 2016.

Summary: This article begins by defining the way that common food labels and healthy sayings
mislead consumers into thinking that the foods that they choose are the healthiest choice.
Unfortunately this is not the case. This article emphasizes the importance of knowing what is in
the food that you are eating and buying and knowing what you should be putting in your body.
Reflection: This was one of my favorite articles/sources that I found in researching this topic.
This writing pointed out the fact that it is legal for these food production companies to
intentionally mislead consumers to think that it is a good choice.
Ollberding, Nicholas Jay, Randi L. Wolf, and Idabel Contento. "Food Label Use and Its Relation
to Dietary Intake among US Adults." American Diabetic Association 2010: 1233-237. Print.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isobel_Contento/publication/45287037_Food_Label_Use_a
nd_Its_Relation_to_Dietary_Intake_among_US_Adults/links/0deec52784fcb13bfd000000.pdf
Summary: This article starts out by explaining what the general recommendations are for the
average American diet. Once this is stated, the writing leads into discussing how food labels in
America correlate with what consumers purchase and choose to eat. When the most of the

general American population go grocery shopping they go for the item with the least calories
rather than the item with the most nutritional value.
Reflection: This article was the most informative when it comes to why the consumers choose
the food that they do. It explores the common knowledge that is seen in the Average american.
Where the focus is mainly on the calories or "100 calorie packs" for example, rather than the real
nutritional facts of the food. Most people don't pay attention to things like sodium or fiber, but
pay attention to macros like fat and carbs.
Raspberry, Catherine N., Beth H. Chaney, Jeff M. Housman, Ranjit a Misra, and Paula J. Miller.
American Journal of Health Education 2010: n. pag. Print.
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ795810.pdf
Summary: This article focuses on age groups and why they choose the food that they do. This
writing explains the differences and asks for an explanation for the fact that a salad costs much
more than ramen noodles. Therefore, college students struggling with money and other resources
would rather go for the ramen noodles or dollar cheeseburger much faster than they would go for
a salad or fresh homemade food.
Reflection: This article was very relatable. Obviously I am a college student, supporting myself
completely, and just bought a house and sometimes struggle trying to afford all of the fresh food
and vegetables that I would like to eat. It is much easier and much cheaper to pick up a five
dollar pizza. That is why there is an obesity problem in America.
Wansink, Brian, and Pierre Chandon. "Can "low Fat" Nutrition Labels Lead to Obesity?" Journal
of Marketing Research XLIII (2006): 605-17. Web. 14 July 2016.

Summary: This article explores the "health claims" that most packaged food companies use to
mislead people into thinking that the food is a healthy choice. Claims like "Natural" "low-fat"
and "fruit juice" makes people thing that the food is healthy when in all reality it is not. The
foods that are "low-fat" are filled with artificial fillers and chemicals. "natural" has no real
bounderies. frit-O-Lay could put the term "natural" on a bag of cheetos and get away with it.
Most items that say fruit juice are less than one percent fruit juice.
Reflection: I like this article for the simple reason that the authors explore the real life examples
of what real packaged food says in order to get people to buy the product. Items like skinny pop
trick people into thinking that it is the better option.