NFS284H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Bmj, Milbank Quarterly, Health Literacy
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The following statement menu labeling helps individuals reduce their caloric intake. is an essay topic that cannot be defended. Some abstracts provide evidence that menu labeling does have a positive effect on caloric intake; however, such effects are situational and too unreliable to conclude that the following statement is correct. In addition, there has been more consistent evidence supporting the fact that menu labeling has little to no effect on caloric intake. Factors such as health literacy skills, gender influence, and consumer behavior all play a large role in rendering menu labeling ineffective. Sinclair and others (2014), for instance, showed findings that menu labeling did not have the positive effect of calorie reduction selected and/or consumed due to consumers who were limited in their food and health literacy skills. Such consumers had a harder time making well informed choices to meet their dietary needs and/or goals.
