Battling obesity epidemic: New look at ‘fat tax’
Small price differences at the point of purchase can be highly effective in shifting consumer demand from high calorie to healthier low calorie alternatives, according to a study in the Articles in…
December 22, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: articles, calorie-alternatives, healthier-low, high-calorie, highly-effective, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, point, price-differences, shifting-consumer, the-point
Healthier Options Now Available At Chain Restaurants With Menu Labeling
The recent Supreme Court decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has cleared the way for national requirements about posting nutritional information at chain restaurants. Listing calories, fat content, and sodium levels of menu items at the point of purchase has been promoted as a way to address the obesity epidemic…
July 23, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: address-the-obesity, been-promoted, cleared-the-way, fat-content, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, obesity, oncalldiets, patient-protection, point, supreme, the-point
