SynthesisAmerican journal of public health2015
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of restaurant menu calorie labeling.
Synthesis in American journal of public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02804503 (The Effect of Menu Labels on Food Choices in Hispanics), which is not on this map. Cited by 84 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Menu Labels on Food Choices in Hispanics
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84 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic Review on International Salt Reduction Policy in Restaurants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Environmental interventions to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and their effects on health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of Food Labeling Effects on Consumer Diet Behaviors and Industry Practices.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- A Systematic Review of Calorie Labeling and Modified Calorie Labeling Interventions: Impact on Consumer and Restaurant Behavior.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2017Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis to Determine the Impact of Restaurant Menu Labeling on Calories and Nutrients (Ordered or Consumed) in U.S. Adults.Nutrients · 2017Pooled it
- The impact of interventions to promote healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets open to the general public: a systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
- Menu labelling is effective in reducing energy ordered and consumed: a systematic review and meta-analysis of recent studies.Public health nutrition · 2016Pooled it
- Health literacy as a moderator of menu labeling effects on fast-food ordering: an online randomized controlled trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026Trial
- The effect of healthier menu item price reductions in the out-of-home food sector on energy purchased and consumed: a restaurant-based pilot experiment.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labels' impact on energy purchased in cafeterias: A stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of a Multistrategy Behavioral Intervention to Increase the Nutritional Quality of Primary School Students' Web-Based Canteen Lunch Orders (Click & Crunch): Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Testing the efficacy of and parents' preferences for nutrition labels on children's menus from a full-service chain restaurant: results of an online experiment.Public health nutrition · 2020Trial
- Socioeconomic position and the impact of increasing availability of lower energy meals vs. menu energy labelling on food choice: two randomized controlled trials in a virtual fast-food restaurant.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Trial
- Social norms and financial incentives to promote employees' healthy food choices: A randomized controlled trial.Preventive medicine · 2016Trial
- A restaurant-based intervention to promote sales of healthy children's menu items: the Kids' Choice Restaurant Program cluster randomized trial.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Eyes on the Fries: An Eye-Tracking Study of Motivated Attention and Calorie Labeling on Fast-Food Menus.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Examining use of restaurant nutrition information among adults living in England engaged in disordered eating or weight management efforts.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Why does calorie information produce mixed evidence for its effect on food choices?Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the relationship between menu calorie labeling and calories ordered or purchased in the PubMed, Web of Science, PolicyFile, and PAIS International databases through October 2013. Among 19 studies, menu calorie labeling was associated with a -18.13 kilocalorie reduction ordered per meal with significant heterogeneity across studies (95% confidence interval = -33.56, -2.70; P = .021; I(2) = 61.0%). However, among 6 controlled studies in restaurant settings, labeling was associated with a nonsignificant -7.63 kilocalorie reduction (95% confidence interval = -21.02, 5.76; P = .264; I(2) = 9.8%). Although current evidence does not support a significant impact on calories ordered, menu calorie labeling is a relatively low-cost education strategy that may lead consumers to purchase slightly fewer calories. These findings are limited by significant heterogeneity among nonrestaurant studies and few studies conducted in restaurant settings.
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