Calorie labeling, Fast food purchasing and restaurant visits
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Calorie Labeling, Fast Food Purchasing and Restaurant Visits
OBJECTIVE Obesity is a pressing public health problem without proven population-wide solutions. Researchers sought to determine whether a city-mandated policy requiring calorie labeling at fast food restaurants was associated with consumer awareness of labels, calories purchased and fast food restaurant visits. DESIGN AND METHODS Difference-in-differences design, with data collected from cons...
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1930-7381
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20550