The Impact of Restaurant Menu Calorie Labeling on Food Choice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Cawley
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice ◽  
Calorie Labeling ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Effects Of Menu Calorie Labeling On Consumer Food Choice Behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Bethany Schornack ◽  
Susan Rozensher
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Experimental Treatment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Calorie Labeling ◽  
Alternative Intervention ◽  
The Impact

Recent federal legislation mandating chain restaurants to disclose the number of calories in menu items was introduced in the hopes of influencing consumers to make more healthful food choices when eating out. However, many studies on the impact of including calorie labeling on restaurant menus and menu boards have relied on questionable methodologies, yielding inconsistent results and leaving unanswered the question of whether calorie information on menus indeed impacts food selection. In an effort to provide more definitive data, the present study employed a controlled posttest-only experimental design with random assignment. Students assigned to the control group ordered a meal from a typical fast-food menu board that did not display any calorie information, while students assigned to the experimental treatment group ordered from an identical menu board, with the exception that calorie information was displayed for each item. The results demonstrated that the display of calorie information did not cause members of the experimental treatment group to order items bearing significantly fewer calories than those ordered by the control group. Thus, contrary to the results of many previous studies, the present study strongly indicated that the presence of calorie labeling does not have a significant impact on consumer choices in fast-food restaurants. While studies have shown that consumers are strongly in favor of the inclusion of calorie information on menus, this study provides evidence that some further or alternative intervention is needed before such calorie information can translate into healthier food choice behavior. 

scholarly journals Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Restaurant Menu Calorie Labeling

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. e11-e24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Long ◽  
Deirdre K. Tobias ◽  
Angie L. Cradock ◽  
Holly Batchelder ◽  
Steven L. Gortmaker
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Calorie Labeling ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Investigating the Impact of Stimulus Equivalence on Children’s Food Choice and Preference

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvana L. Santos ◽  
Júlio César C. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice ◽  
Stimulus Equivalence ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Increasing the Proportion of Plant-Based Foods Available to Shift Social Consumption Norms and Food Choice among Non-Vegetarians

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5371
Author(s):  
Sanne Raghoebar ◽  
Ellen Van Kleef ◽  
Emely De Vet
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Food Item ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Injunctive Norms ◽  
Animal Source Foods ◽  
Animal Source ◽  
The Impact

Increasing the relative availability of plant-based (versus animal source) foods seems promising in shifting consumption, but it remains unknown how and under what circumstances this happens. We performed two availability manipulations including different foods. The impact on food choice, social norm perceptions about what others do (descriptive) or approve of (injunctive), and salience was assessed. Non-vegetarian participants were visually (Study 1, n = 184) or physically (Study 2, n = 276) exposed to (a) four plant-based and two animal source foods or (b) vice versa. Participants chose one food item, either hypothetically (Study 1) or actually (Study 2), and reported the perceived social norms and salience of plant-based and animal source foods. The results showed no direct effects on food choice, injunctive norms, or salience. An increased proportion of plant-based (versus animal source) foods was interpreted in Study 1 as plant-based foods being less often chosen by others, whereas in Study 2, these foods were interpreted as being more often chosen (marginally significant), while animal source foods were interpreted as being less often chosen. The results suggest that a higher availability of plant-based foods influences descriptive norms, but future research should examine aspects potentially contributing to the contradictory normative interpretations (e.g., norm salience).

scholarly journals The Impact of Food Histamine Intake on Asthma Activity: A Pilot Study

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3402
Author(s):  
Emilia Vassilopoulou ◽  
George N. Konstantinou ◽  
Anastasia Dimitriou ◽  
Yannis Manios ◽  
Lemonica Koumbi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice ◽  
Dietary Intervention ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Inflammatory Disorder ◽  
Intervention Period ◽  
Chronic Inflammatory Disorder ◽  
Asthma Symptoms ◽  
Intervention Adherence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Intermittent Asthma

Asthma is a complex chronic inflammatory disorder. Diet’s impact on asthma symptoms is controversial. The objective of this pilot crossover, randomized, two-period study was to examine the effect of dietary histamine intake on asthma symptoms in twenty-one children with mild intermittent asthma. Children were randomly assigned to either a high- or low-histamine diet, based on the Mediterranean pattern, for 4 weeks. After a 2-week washout period, patients crossed to the alternative diet for 4 additional weeks. Asthma symptoms were assessed at baseline and after the completion of each diet period by a clinician. Daily symptoms and peak flow were recorded throughout the intervention. Adherence to the dietary intervention was assessed via analysis of four random 24-h recalls, for each intervention period. Eighteen children completed the study. Significantly higher mean air flow obstruction was recorded and a trend for prolonged and more severe symptoms was observed during the high-histamine period. Diet may have an active and direct impact on asthma symptoms. Food choice is affected and/or may affect symptoms in children with mild asthma. Diet intervention is promising yet challenging, for asthma control.

Calorie Labeling Promotes Dietary Self-Control by Shifting the Temporal Dynamics of Health- and Taste-Attribute Integration in Overweight Individuals

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Lark Lim ◽  
Molly T. Penrod ◽  
Oh-Ryeong Ha ◽  
Jared M. Bruce ◽  
Amanda S. Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Decision Process ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Choice Task ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Relative Speed ◽  
Calorie Labeling ◽  
Health Related

Understanding why people make unhealthy food choices and how to promote healthier choices is critical to prevent obesity. Unhealthy food choices may occur when individuals fail to consider health attributes as quickly as taste attributes in their decisions, and this bias may be modifiable by health-related external cues. One hundred seventy-eight participants performed a mouse-tracking food-choice task with and without calorie information. With the addition of calorie information, participants made healthier choices. Without calorie information, the initial integration of health attributes in overweight individuals’ decisions was about 230 ms delayed relative to the taste attributes, but calorie labeling promoted healthier choices by speeding up the integration of health attributes during a food-choice task. Our study suggests that obesogenic choices are related to the relative speed with which taste and health attributes are integrated into the decision process and that this bias is modifiable by external health-related cues.

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