Ann Arbor, Michigan – The latest National Poll on Children Health conducted by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital reported that mothers are more likely to read nutritional labels more compared to fathers when it comes to considering drink and food purchases.
The latest poll indicated that 40% of mothers expressed that they read the details on labels very often or even always, while approximately only 35% of fathers do so. Many mothers consider prevention is the best way to avoid the need of emergency or urgent care.
The study also showed that mothers focus on the sugar levels on the nutritional labels of products they are about to purchase. They consider this a very important detail for it can affect their family’s overall health and generally avoid the need of visiting urgent care clinics.
Compared to fathers, mothers in general are more likely to pay attention to, added sugar, total sugar, dietary, and protein levels before any purchase. Most mothers would rather spend time reading such labels rather than worrying about urgent care near me because of lack of prevention.
Nutritional labels are mostly required for all foods and beverages sold in the US and after two decades for the very first time, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed major changes regarding the labels. This year, the FDA wants clearer information should be indicated specifically fat, calories, and sugar levels.
Dr. Susan J. Woolford, a collaborator in the said poll aims to push for more changes in the product labels so that consumers can easily read and understand the product’s nutritional values. She added that this will greatly help consumers in making healthier choices that basically lessen the need to visit any urgent care clinic.
Woolford also stated that they decided to research about how parents currently value the said labels to know how important the said information is. A total of 1,481 mothers and fathers were also asked about whether the use of these labels were important when making comparisons between two similar products.
The doctor surprisingly stated that many parents, namely fathers, don’t find these labels as essential decision making factors in purchasing products. She added that the poll didn’t contain a specific question why many parents don’t mind labels so pinpointing the main cause or their reasoning is hard.
Dr. Susan J. Woolford concluded that the latest results of the said poll about the importance of nutritional labels on food and beverages is a good opportunity to research more on how manufacturers can improve the details on such labels to provide essential information to promote healthier food and drink choices.
