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Understanding the Calorie Labeling Paradox in Chain Restaurants: Why Menu Calorie Labeling Alone May Not Affect Average Calories Ordered

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 2019
Menu calorie labeling is now required nationwide for chain restaurants in the United States; however, a number of studies have found that calorie labeling does not reduce average calories ordered. This research examines how different food value orientations are associated with divergent consumer responses to restaurants providing calorie information on
Christopher Berry, Scot Burton, Elizabeth Howlett, Christopher L. Newman   +3 more
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Will Calorie Labeling in Restaurants Make a Difference?

2011
ERS research shows that away-from-home meals and snacks tend to contain more calories and to be of lower nutritional quality than food prepared at home. Recent legislation will require chain restaurants across the United States to list calorie information on their menus and menu boards.
Morrison, Rosanna Mentzer, Mancino, Lisa, Variyam, Jayachandran N., Morrison, Rosanna Mentzer, Mancino, Lisa, Variyam, Jayachandran N.   +5 more
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Consumers May Not Use or Understand Calorie Labeling in Restaurants

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2006
This study was an investigation of the possible utility of calorie labeling legislation in restaurants in community (n=649) and college student (n=316) samples. Only 48% to 66% of participants presently looked at food labels, and 64% to 73% were able to report accurate knowledge of daily caloric needs.
Rebecca A, Krukowski, Jean, Harvey-Berino, Jane, Kolodinsky, Rashmi T, Narsana, Thomas P, Desisto   +4 more
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Menu Labeling Regulations and Calories Purchased at Chain Restaurants

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013
The federal menu labeling law will require chain restaurants to post caloric information on menus, but the impact of labeling is uncertain.The goal of the current study was to examine the effect of menu labeling on calories purchased, and secondarily, to assess self-reported awareness and use of labels.Single-community pre-post-post cross-sectional ...
James W, Krieger, Nadine L, Chan, Brian E, Saelens, Myduc L, Ta, David, Solet, David W, Fleming   +5 more
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Consumer Understanding of Calorie Labeling

Health Promotion Practice, 2014
Objective. To assess caloric knowledge of participants and determine if an e-mail and/or text message intervention could increase knowledge of recommended daily caloric intake. Design. Randomized, control trial. Setting. Johns Hopkins Hospital Cobblestone Café. Participants.
Michelle L, Abel, Katherine, Lee, Ralph, Loglisci, Allison, Righter, Thomas J, Hipper, Lawrence J, Cheskin   +5 more
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Perceptions of university students regarding calories, food healthiness, and the importance of calorie information in menu labelling

Appetite, 2015
This study investigated Brazilian university students' perceptions of the concept of calories, how it relates to food healthiness, and the role of calorie information on menus in influencing food choices in different restaurant settings. Focus groups were conducted with 21 undergraduate students from various universities.
Ana Carolina Fernandes, Renata Carvalho de Oliveira, Vanessa Mello Rodrigues, Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck Fiates, Rossana Pacheco da Costa Proença   +4 more
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Ontario Menu Calorie Labelling Legislation: Consumer Calorie Knowledge Six Months Post-Implementation

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 2018
Purpose: In the province of Ontario, a new law requires restaurants and food service providers, with more than 20 locations in Ontario, to prominently list the calorie content of their food items on the menu. This study examined if the new calorie information shifted the Ontario consumer’s ability to more accurately estimate calories.
Julie, Kellershohn, Keith, Walley, Frank, Vriesekoop   +2 more
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Label me not: a liberal argument against mandatory calorie labels

Journal of Medical Ethics
Mandatory calorie labelling policies (MCLs) are widely defended as neutral tools for promoting public health. This paper argues that they are neither neutral, in effect or justification, nor justified within a liberal framework. MCLs violate liberal neutrality by expressing and reinforcing a contested ideology of eating—one that prioritises restraint ...
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Supplemental Material, 827013_Web_Appendix - Understanding the Calorie Labeling Paradox in Chain Restaurants: Why Menu Calorie Labeling Alone May Not Affect Average Calories Ordered

2019
Supplemental Material, 827013_Web_Appendix for Understanding the Calorie Labeling Paradox in Chain Restaurants: Why Menu Calorie Labeling Alone May Not Affect Average Calories Ordered by Christopher Berry, Scot Burton, Elizabeth Howlett, and Christopher L.
Berry, Christopher, Burton, Scot, Howlett, Elizabeth, Newman, Christopher L.   +3 more
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Calorie labelling to reduce obesity

BMJ, 2019
Asha, Kaur, Adam D M, Briggs
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