Benefits of ‘traffic light’ food labels, positioning of healthy items

The use of color-coded “traffic light” food labels and changes in the way popular items are displayed appear to have produced a long-term increase in the choice of more healthful food items among customers in a large hospital cafeteria.

Healthy Food Choices Improve With Color-Coded System

A program designed to encourage more healthful food choices through simple color-coded labels and the positioning of items in display cases was equally successful across all categories of employees at a large hospital cafeteria…