Trial reportThe International journal of eating disorders2017
The effects of restaurant menu calorie labeling on hypothetical meal choices of females with disordered eating.
Trial report in The International journal of eating disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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- Do calorie labels change energy purchased in a simulated online food delivery platform? A multi-arm randomised controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Trial
- The impact of pictorial health warnings on purchases of sugary drinks for children: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2022Trial
- Messages Promoting Healthy Kids' Meals: An Online RCT.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Trial
- Examining use of restaurant nutrition information among adults living in England engaged in disordered eating or weight management efforts.BMC public health · 2026Article
- General and Symptom-Specific Illness Duration and Course as Predictors of Symptom Severity in Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Views of people with disordered eating on current and alternative out-of-home calorie labelling policies in England: a mixed-methods survey.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- 'I think from my experience, it's a negative thing for most people': Exploring the perspectives of young British women opposed to the calories on menus policy in the UK.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Impact of out-of-home nutrition labelling on people with eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Cost Effectiveness of Calorie Labeling at Large Fast-Food Chains Across the U.S.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Acceptability and perceived harm of calorie labeling and other obesity policies: A cross-sectional survey study of UK adults with eating disorders and other mental health conditions.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Difficulties with positive emotion regulation in anorexia nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Article
- Energy labelling of alcoholic drinks: An important or inconsequential obesity policy?Obesity science & practice · 2023Review
- Is the effect of menu energy labelling on consumer behaviour equitable? A pooled analysis of twelve randomized control experiments.Appetite · 2023Article
- "Maybe a little bit of guilt isn't so bad for the overall health of an individual": a mixed-methods exploration of young adults' experiences with calorie labelling.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Promoting healthy eating in Latin American restaurants: a qualitative survey of views held by owners and staff.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Is Calorie Labeling on Menus Related to Weight Disturbances among Females in Saudi Arabia?Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2021Article
- The calorie counter-intuitive effect of restaurant menu calorie labelling.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2019Article
- Shared Concerns and Opportunity for Joint Action in Creating a Food Environment That Supports Health.Nutrients · 2018Article
- Barriers and facilitators to implementation of menu labelling interventions to support healthy food choices: a mixed methods systematic review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2018Article
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Abstract
Concerns have been raised that obesity public policy measures may have harmful effects on individuals with eating disorders. However, little research has investigated this topic. We examined the impact of a popular obesity public policy, menu calorie labeling, on hypothetical food choices of women with disordered eating. Seven hundred sixteen adult females completed an online survey in which they were randomly assigned to receive a restaurant menu with or without calorie information listed. Participants selected foods representative of a meal they would choose to consume and answered questions on restaurant ordering and menu labeling. Participants completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (Fairburn & Beglin, ) to assess global eating pathology. Diagnoses of anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge-eating disorder (BED) were also derived from this measure. Generalized linear modeling examined the impact of menu label condition, disordered eating, and the menu label by disordered eating interaction on hypothetical food selection and related variables. When disordered eating was examined continuously, menu labeling did not differentially affect food selections of those with elevated disordered eating (p = .45). However, when examined by eating disorder diagnosis, participants with AN or BN ordered significantly fewer (p < .001) and participants with BED ordered significantly more (p = .001) calories in the menu label versus no label condition. Menu labeling may decrease the calories ordered among individuals with AN or BN and increase calories ordered among individuals with BED.
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