Menu labeling as a potential strategy for combating the obesity epidemic: a health impact assessment.

Rationale and evidence for menu-labeling legislation.

Menu-labeling legislation is a proposed public health intervention for poor diet and obesity that requires chain restaurants to provide nutrition information on menus and menu boards. The restaurant industry has strongly opposed menu-labeling legislation. Using scientific evidence, this paper counters industry arguments against menu labeling by demonstrating that consumers want chain restaurant...

Legal and public health considerations affecting the success, reach, and impact of menu-labeling laws.

Because the rate of consumption of away-from-home meals has increased dramatically, the distinction between requiring nutrition information for packaged but not restaurant products is no longer reasonable. Public health necessitates that nutrition labels must be included with restaurant menus as a strategy to educate consumers and address the escalation of obesity. Menu-labeling laws are being ...

Healthy Consumer? the American Obesity Epidemic and the Federal Menu Labeling Law

fter the recent passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Healthcare Act” or “Act”) on March 23, 2010, legislators and political figures continue to debate whether the Act is economically feasible, whether government regulation of healthcare is constitutional, and whether the Act should ultimately be repealed or left unfunded. Amid the recent controversy over the health insura...

The Informed Consumer is a Healthy Consumer? - The American Obesity Epidemic and the Federal Menu Labeling Law

Menu-Labeling Usage and Its Association with Diet and Exercise: 2011 BRFSS Sugar Sweetened Beverage and Menu Labeling Module

INTRODUCTION The primary objective of our study was to investigate the association between menu-labeling usage and healthy behaviors pertaining to diet (consumption of fruits, vegetables, sodas, and sugar-sweetened beverages) and exercise. METHODS Data from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Sugar Sweetened Beverage and Menu-Labeling module, were used. Logistic regression wa...