Physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling on discretionary foods in secondary school canteens in England: an efficacy cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Schools do not typically implement food labelling in their canteens, therefore young people may not be given nutrition information on which to make their food choices. One way of expressing the energy/calorie content of foods is to provide this information in the form of physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling, which may help to contextualise the energy content of food/drinks to young people in a simple and understandable way. The study aimed to assess the usefulness of implementing PACE labelling in school canteens and to conduct a process evaluation of using this type of food labelling with young people.

Methods

A parallel two-armed cluster RCT to evaluate a PACE labelling intervention in secondary schools (typically, adolescents aged 11 and a

SUBMITTER: Iris N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11866719 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature