Attacking the Obesity Epidemic: The Potential Health Benefits of Providing Nutrition Information in Restaurants | Zendy

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Attacking the Obesity Epidemic: The Potential Health Benefits of Providing Nutrition Information in Restaurants

Author(s) -

Scot Burton,

Elizabeth H. Creyer,

Jeremy Kees,

Kyle A. Huggins

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.054973

Subject(s) - calorie , saturated fat , nutrition information , obesity , environmental health , consumption (sociology) , national health and nutrition examination survey , product (mathematics) , nutrition facts label , advertising , public health , medicine , food science , business , population , mathematics , biology , social science , geometry , cholesterol , sociology , endocrinology , nursing

Requiring restaurants to present nutrition information on menus is under consideration as a potential way to slow the increasing prevalence of obesity. Using a survey methodology, we examined how accurately consumers estimate the nutrient content of typical restaurant meals. Based on these results, we then conducted an experiment to address how the provision of nutrition information on menus influences purchase intentions and reported preferences.

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