Assessing the impact of a mandatory calorie labelling policy in out-of-home food outlets in England on consumer behaviour: a natural experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Out-of-home (OOH) food tends to be energy-dense and nutrient-poor. In response, England implemented a mandatory calorie labelling policy in the OOH sector. We evaluated changes in consumer behaviours after the policy was implemented in April 2022.

Methods

We employed a natural experimental design to assess pre-post changes in noticing and using nutrition information, and behaviours associated with menu labelling. We compared changes in England to comparator jurisdictions without similar policies. Data included four consecutive years (2019-2022) from the International Food Policy Study; participants were adults aged 18 years or older. Mixed effects logistic regression models assessed pre-post changes in binary outcomes, and mixed effects negative binomial regressio

SUBMITTER: Essman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11895149 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature