Calorie Changes in Large Chain Restaurants: Declines in New Menu Items but Room for Improvement

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e1-e8

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Wolfson, Julia A ^a   Jarlenski, Marian P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIE; CATERING SERVICE; DETERIORATION; FOOD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CALORIC INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; MENU PLANNING; OBESITY; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952631442     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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