Changes in the calorie and nutrient content of purchased fast food meals after calorie menu labeling: A natural experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Calorie menu labeling is a policy that requires food establishments to post the calories on menu offerings to encourage healthy food choice. Calorie labeling has been implemented in the United States since May 2018 per the Affordable Care Act, but to the best of our knowledge, no studies have evaluated the relationship between calorie labeling and meal purchases since nationwide implementation of this policy. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between calorie labeling and the calorie and nutrient content of purchased meals after a fast food franchise began labeling in April 2017, prior to the required nationwide implementation, and after nationwide implementation of labeling in May 2018, when all large US chain restaurants were required to label their menu

SUBMITTER: Petimar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8312920 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature