Restaurants with calories displayed on menus had lower calorie counts compared to restaurants without such labels

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1877-1884

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

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

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

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAST FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047290605     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0512     Document Type: Article

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