Traffic Light Symbols On Menus The Most Effective In Educating Diners

A little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act requires all chain restaurants and retail food establishments with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on their menus…

Mandatory Menu Labeling Didn’t Change Behavior At 1 Fast Food Chain

An effort in King County, Washington, to add nutrition facts labeling to fast food menus had no effect on consumer behavior in its first year. As part of a comprehensive effort to stem the rise in obesity, the county, which includes Seattle and environs, imposed a mandatory menu labeling regulation on all restaurant chains with 15 or more locations beginning in January, 2009…

Compulsory Nutritional Information In Menus Makes No Difference To Calorie Intake

You would have thought that forcing restaurants to list nutritional information in their menus would make people more careful about what they ate – apparently it makes no difference at all. In January 2009, King County, Washington, USA, made it compulsory for fast food outlets with 15 or more locations to disclose nutritional data on their menus, including calorie information…