Thursday, February 02, 2012
A new study done at Massachusetts General Hospital suggests that if supermarkets were willing to use "color-coded labels" and re-arrange products and aisle offerings, then consumers might have an easier time making healthier food choices. You think??
The study used green to signify "healthy ...
I think a great idea! There are currently some products (ie: soups, cereals) that have "heart healthy" symbols. I am always amazed at the intelligent, successful people I know that have such poor eating habits and eat the wrong foods. I think color coding may be a very good thing because everyone knows what green, yellow and red means!! Diabetes is out of control and while so many people are over-worked, stressed, rushed, etc., and use this as an excuse to justify their poor diet, this system may be a very good start to letting them know "yes, maybe, no"!!! So many need help!!
Glad you agree. We need to start somewhere and visual cues that are based on a simple color system could be a good start. And yes, I cannot tell you how confusing processed food can be - it might have less fat, but still too much sugar or salt - so you get lured into thinking - I can eat a lot because it has some health endorsement. Even healthy soup would get a "yellow color" so you stop - really think about the ingredients or basic nutrition breakdown and also understand to note portion size!!
Thanks for weighing in!