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Rationale and Evidence for Menu-Labeling Legislation
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Using scientific evidence, this paper counters industry arguments against menu labeling by demonstrating that consumers want chain restaurant nutrition information to be disclosed and menu labeling has the potential to make a positive public health impact.Citations
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Personal Responsibility And Obesity: A Constructive Approach To A Controversial Issue
Kelly D. Brownell,Rogan Kersh,David S. Ludwig,Robert C. Post,Rebecca M. Puhl,Marlene B. Schwartz,Walter C. Willett +6 more
TL;DR: Personal responsibility can be embraced as a value by placing priority on legislative and regulatory actions such as improving school nutrition, menu labeling, altering industry marketing practices, and even such controversial measures as the use of food taxes that create healthier defaults, thus supporting responsible behavior and bridging the divide between views based on individualistic versus collective responsibility.
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Does food marketing need to make us fat? a review and solutions
Pierre Chandon,Brian Wansink +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review examines current food marketing practices to determine how exactly they may be influencing food intake, and how food marketers could meet their business objectives while helping people eat healthier.
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A 2-Phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choices
TL;DR: A color-coded labeling intervention improved sales of healthy items and was enhanced by a choice architecture intervention that increased the visibility and convenience of some green items.
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Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Restaurant Menu Calorie Labeling
TL;DR: The authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the relationship between menu calorie labeling and calories ordered or purchased in the PubMed, Web of Science, PolicyFile, and PAIS International databases through October 2013.
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How Package Design and Packaged-based Marketing Claims Lead to Overeating
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the extent to which mandatory nutrition labels, stricter regulation of package claims, public promotion of mindful eating, and mindless eating nudges could limit the biasing effects of packaging on food perceptions and preferences.
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The Informational Role of Warranties and Private Disclosure about Product Quality
TL;DR: The Informational Role of Warranties and Private Disclosure about Product Quality Author(s): Sanford J. Grossman Source: Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 24, No. 3, Consumer Protection Regulation: A Conference Sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Economy and the State (Dec., 1981), pp. 461-483 as mentioned in this paper
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Will all Americans become overweight or obese? estimating the progression and cost of the US obesity epidemic.
TL;DR: Timely, dramatic, and effective development and implementation of corrective programs/policies are needed to avoid the otherwise inevitable health and societal consequences implied by the potential burden of obesity prevalence and health‐care costs of obesity and overweight in the United States that would occur if current trends continue.
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Fast-food habits, weight gain, and insulin resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year prospective analysis
Mark A. Pereira,Alex Kartashov,Cara B. Ebbeling,Linda Van Horn,Martha L. Slattery,David R. Jacobs,David R. Jacobs,David S. Ludwig +7 more
TL;DR: Fast-food consumption has strong positive associations with weight gain and insulin resistance, suggesting that fast food increases the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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The Contribution of Expanding Portion Sizes to the US Obesity Epidemic
Lisa Young,Marion Nestle +1 more
TL;DR: Because energy content increases with portion size, educational and other public health efforts to address obesity should focus on the need for people to consume smaller portions.
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Patterns and Trends in Food Portion Sizes, 1977-1998
TL;DR: Portion sizes and energy intake for specific food types have increased markedly with greatest increases for food consumed at fast food establishments and in the home.