Food Labels' Impact on Consumer And Industry Behavior

Do Food And Menu Nutrition Labels Influence Consumer Or Industry Behavior by Dariush Mozaffarian and Siyi Shangguan.  STAT.  February 19, 2019. 

Labeling System Allows Quick Identification of Nutritional Quality; Diet Low In Nutritional Quality Increases Cancer Risk

Eating Junk Food Tied To Higher Risk Of Numerous Cancers by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  September 18, 2018. 

Ingredients Are Hot; The Simpler The Better

Fat-Free Is Out.  Gluten-Free Is In.  What To Look For On The Label by Deena Shanker.  Bloomberg.  December 27, 2016. 

W.H.O Urges Illnesses Be Named To Avoid Stigmas, Inaccuracies, And Harmful Reactions

W.H.O. Urges More Care In Naming Diseases by Rick Gladstone.  The New York Times.  May 8, 2015. 

Increasingly Potent Pot, Changing Balance Between THC and CBD, And Labling Issues Are Issues Raised By New Study

New Study Shows How The Potency Of Pot Has Changed Over Time by Alice G. Walton.  Forbes.  March 23, 2015. 

New Nutritional Labels Change Presentations On Serving Size, Added Sugar, Vitamin D and Potassium

Nutrition Labels Getting A Makeover by Jacque Wilson and Jen Christensen.  CNN.  February 27, 2014.

Calories: Counting And Context

What's In That Big Mac?  More Than You Think by Alexandra Sifferlin.  Time:  Health And Family.  May 24, 2013.

Read the article and answer the questions to improve retention.

(1)  Participants in the study recounted here consistently __________ how calorie dense their meals were.

(2)  Rank the accuracy of personal calorie consumption estimates  in these three groups (a)  kids, (b) adolescents, and (c) adults.

(3)  The more calories consumed the more the participants _______________ their consumption.

(4)  What was a proposed reason that Subway diners underestimated their calories consumed?

(5)  What is one reason that 2014 a significant year for restaurant menus?

(6)  What results does a 2011study of New York City consumers show about calorie information?

(7)  Fill in the blanks from a quotation:  If customers don't understand what 250 calories mean or how it ____________________________, posting that information on a menu ________________.

(8)  The New York study showed that those who read labels ___________________________.

(9)  Labels may compel food makers to _____________________________.

(10)  Emphasis on calorie numbers alone may backfire if calories are reduced by eliminating ________________.

(11)  True or False:  Healthy foods may sometimes contain more calories than unhealthy options.

(12)  When people ordered off menus that listed ______________________________
they ordered and consumed fewer calories.

(13)  Giving consumers a more _________ idea of what heir food choices mean may help ____________________________________.