Attacking the Obesity Epidemic: The Potential Health Benefits of Providing Nutrition Information in Restaurants
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In this article, the authors examined how accurately consumers estimate the nutrient content of typical restaurant meals using a survey methodology and conducted an experiment to address how the provision of nutrition information on menus influences purchase intentions and reported preferences.Abstract:
Objectives. Requiring restaurants to present nutrition information on menus is under consideration as a potential way to slow the increasing prevalence of obesity. Using a survey methodology, we examined how accurately consumers estimate the nutrient content of typical restaurant meals. Based on these results, we then conducted an experiment to address how the provision of nutrition information on menus influences purchase intentions and reported preferences.Methods. For both the survey and experiment, data were analyzed using analysis of variance techniques.Results. Survey results showed that levels of calories, fat, and saturated fat in less-healthful restaurant items were significantly underestimated by consumers. Actual fat and saturated fat levels were twice consumers’ estimates and calories approached 2 times more than what consumers expected. In the subsequent experiment, for items for which levels of calories, fat, and saturated fat substantially exceeded consumers’ expectations, the provision of ...read more
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Making Healthful Food Choices: The Influence of Health Claims and Nutrition Information on Consumers’ Evaluations of Packaged Food Products and Restaurant Menu Items
TL;DR: The results indicate that when favorable nutrition information or health claims are presented, consumers have more favorable attitudes toward the product, nutrition attitudes, and purchase intentions, and they perceive risks of heart disease and stroke to be lower.
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Handbook of Consumer Behavior
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a current account of known trends and points the way to future research, focusing on theoretical approaches underlying consumer behaviour, including the application of behavioural concepts to the study of consumer information processing, decision making, attitude change, affect, and the effects of mass communications upon consumers.
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Away-From-Home Foods Increasingly Important to Quality of American Diet
TL;DR: This report analyzes food intake survey data collected by USDA over the past two decades to compare the nutritional quality of home and away-from-home foods and examine how the quality has changed over time.
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Away-From-Home Foods Increasingly Important to Quality of American Diet
TL;DR: This article analyzed food intake survey data collected by USDA over the past two decades to compare the nutritional quality of home and away-from-home foods and examine how the quality has changed over time.