Changes in energy content of lunchtime purchases from fast food restaurants after introduction of calorie labelling: Cross sectional customer surveys

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7818, 2011, Pages

  Dumanovsky, Tamara ^a   Huang, Christina Y ^b   Nonas, Cathy A ^c   Matte, Thomas D ^d   Bassett, Mary T ^e   Silver, Lynn D ^c  

^a Pardee RAND Graduate School ^*

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Doris Duke Charitable Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; CONSUMER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 79961221333     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4464     Document Type: Article

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