Nutrition labels’ strengths & weaknesses and strategies for improving their use in Iran: A qualitative study

Shirin Seyedhamzeh; Saharnaz Nedjat; Elham Shakibazadeh; Azam Doustmohammadian; Hedayat Hosseini; Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241395

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Nutrition labels’ strengths & weaknesses and strategies for improving their use in Iran: A qualitative study

Shirin Seyedhamzeh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shirin Seyedhamzeh, Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Saharnaz Nedjat ,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Elham Shakibazadeh ,

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Azam Doustmohammadian ,

Roles Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Hedayat Hosseini ,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Food Sciences & Technology, National Nutrition & Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh

Contributed equally to this work with: Shirin Seyedhamzeh, Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dorostim@tums.ac.ir

Affiliation Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6937-7776

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Nutrition labels’ strengths & weaknesses and strategies for improving their use in Iran: A qualitative study

Shirin Seyedhamzeh,
Saharnaz Nedjat,
Elham Shakibazadeh,
Azam Doustmohammadian,
Hedayat Hosseini,
Ahmadreza Dorosty Motlagh

Published: October 30, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241395

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