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E235 - How Accurate Are Calories On Food Labels?

E235 - How Accurate Are Calories On Food Labels?

Update: 2025-12-18
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Dietitians Aidan Muir and Torwen Eerkens discuss the accuracy of calories on food labels, how calories are measured in food products, and considerations for applying calorie tracking via food labels in practice. 

(1:00 ) - How Calories are Calculated on Food Labels
(2:54 ) - Food Labelling Accuracy in Australia
(5:51 ) - Food Labelling Accuracy Internationally
(6:53 ) - How to Interpret Food Labels When Tracking Nutrition

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Aidan Muir @aidan_the_dietitian
Tyler Brooks @lift_dietetics
Hanah Mills @hanahmills
Samantha Staines @nourished.by.sammy
Monica Cvoro @fuellingperformance
Josh Wernham @josh_does_health
Katelyn Bowden @katelynbowden_dietitian
Sophie Andrew @soph.dietitian
Torwen Eerkens @fullyfuelled_
Bella Murdoch @enrichnutrition
Anna McKay-Lowndes @am.dietitian

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E235 - How Accurate Are Calories On Food Labels?

E235 - How Accurate Are Calories On Food Labels?

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