A randomized trial of calorie labeling on menus

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 860-866

  Hammond, David ^a   Goodman, Samantha ^b   Hanning, Rhona ^a   Daniel, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Food labeling; Health behavior; Nutrition policy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE;

DIET; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ONTARIO; RESTAURANTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887824108     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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