Red is good. The brain uses color to help us choose what to eat
Red means “Green light, go for it!” Green means: “hmm, better not!” Like an upside down traffic light in our brain, color helps us decide whether or not to eat something.
November 15, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: better-not, brain, color-helps, decide-whether, green, neurology / neuroscience, nutrition, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, our-brain, traffic-light, upside-down, whether-or-not
Traffic light food labels strengthen self-control
Should food products be labeled with traffic light symbols to make health-related information on ingredients easier to understand? This question has remained a subject of debate.
March 10, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: food-products, make-health-related, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, question, traffic-light
Benefits of ‘traffic light’ food labels, positioning of healthy items
The use of color-coded “traffic light” food labels and changes in the way popular items are displayed appear to have produced a long-term increase in the choice of more healthful food items among customers in a large hospital cafeteria.
January 9, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: choice, food-labels, large-hospital, long-term-increase, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, popular-items, the-choice, the-way, traffic-light
