Does providing nutrition information at vending machines reduce calories per item sold ¿

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 110-122

  Dingman, Deirdre A ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^a   Wyrick, David L ^a   Bibeau, Daniel L ^a   Gupta, Sat N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Calories; menu law; nutrition information; vending machine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920531048     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2014.38     Document Type: Article

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