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…
January 18, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, effect-on-consumer, facts-labeling, fast-food, its-first, menus-had, more-locations, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, rise, seattle, stem-the-rise, the-county