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Menu Labeling as a Potential Strategy for Combating the Obesity Epidemic: A Health Impact Assessment

Tony Kuo, Christopher J. Jarosz, Paul Simon, Jonathan E. Fielding

American Journal of Public Health · 2009 · 98 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Our findings suggest that mandated menu labeling could have a sizable salutary impact on the obesity epidemic, even with only modest changes in consumer behavior.

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