BACKGROUND: Recent attempts to improve the healthfulness of away-from-home eating
include regulations requiring restaurants to post nutrition information. The impact of such …

BACKGROUND: Nutrition labeling of menus has been promoted as a means for helping
consumers make healthier food choices at restaurants. As part of national health reform …

BACKGROUND: Although obesity and poor dietary habits are complex multifactorial
problems, away-from-home food has been identified as one likely and important contributor …

BACKGROUND: Americans are increasingly eating out, but nutrition environments in
restaurants are poorly understood. An observational measure was developed to assess …

Objectives. We assessed whether labeling restaurant menus with information on the nutrient
content of menu items would cause customers to alter their ordering patterns. Methods. Six …

Methods We measured the nutrition environments of 5 towns in which participants resided
by using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for grocery stores, convenience stores …

Objectives. We assessed the impact of restaurant menu calorie labels on food choices and
intake. Methods. Participants in a study dinner (n= 303) were randomly assigned to either (1) …

Background In 2010, Philadelphia enacted a menu-labeling law requiring full-service
restaurant chains to list values for calories, sodium, fat, and carbohydrates for each item on …

BACKGROUND: Food eaten away from home now accounts for about one third of total
calories consumed in the US Policy change could lead to sustainable improvements in …

Objectives. We examined changes in meal selection by patrons of university food-service
operations when nutrition labels were provided at the point of selection. Methods. We used a …