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ArticleNutrition research and practice2015

The effect of providing nutritional information about fast-food restaurant menus on parents' meal choices for their children.

Jae-Young Ahn, Hae-Ryun Park, Kiwon Lee, Sooyoun Kwon, Soyeong Kim, Jihye Yang, Kyung-Hee Song, Youngmi Lee

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Article in Nutrition research and practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jae-Young AhnDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, Korea.
Hae-Ryun ParkDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, Korea.
Kiwon LeeDepartment of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States.
Sooyoun KwonDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Honam University, Gwangju 506-714, Korea.
Soyeong KimDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, Korea.
Jihye YangDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, Korea.
Kyung-Hee SongDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, Korea. ; Nutritional Education, Graduate School of Education, Myongji University, Seoul 120-728, Korea.
Youngmi LeeDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, 116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-728, Korea.
Myongji University · KRHonam University · KRUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesTo encourage healthier food choices for children in fast-food restaurants, many initiatives have been proposed. This study aimed to examine the effect of disclosing nutritional information on parents' meal choices for their children at fast-food restaurants in South Korea. SUBJECTS/

methodsAn online experimental survey using a menu board was conducted with 242 parents of children aged 2-12 years who dined with them at fast-food restaurants at least once a month. Participants were classified into two groups: the low-calorie group (n = 41) who chose at least one of the lowest calorie meals in each menu category, and the high-calorie group (n = 201) who did not. The attributes including perceived empowerment, use of provided nutritional information, and perceived difficulties were compared between the two groups.

resultsThe low-calorie group perceived significantly higher empowerment with the nutritional information provided than did the high-calorie group (P = 0.020). Additionally, the low-calorie group was more interested in nutrition labeling (P < 0.001) and considered the nutritional value of menus when selecting restaurants for their children more than did the high-calorie group (P = 0.017). The low-calorie group used the nutritional information provided when choosing meals for their children significantly more than did the high-calorie group (P < 0.001), but the high-calorie group had greater difficulty using the nutritional information provided (P = 0.012).

conclusionsThe results suggest that improving the empowerment of parents using nutritional information could be a strategy for promoting healthier parental food choices for their children at fast-food restaurants.

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childrenFast-food restaurantmeal choicenutritional labelingparents

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