Should fast-food nutritional labelling in South Africa be mandatory?

A study, entitled “Should fast food nutritional labelling be mandatory in South Africa,” and supported by the

DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, was recently conducted at the University of the Witwatersrand. One of the aims of the study was to determine the proportion of the largest South African

fast-food restaurants (based on the BusinessTech 2017 and 2018 annual reviews) that had nutritional information.

Siphiwe N Dlamini, Gudani Mukoma & Shane A Norris

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Should fast food nutritional labelling in South Africa be mandatory?

Siphiwe N Dlamini1*, Gudani Mukoma1, Shane A Norris1, 21SAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 2Global Health Research Institute, School of Health andHuman Development, University of Southampton, UK

*Corresponding author, email: siphiwe.dlamini2@wits.ac.za

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