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Access Type
Open Access
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Hotel & Tourism Management
Degree Type
Master of Science (M.S.)
Year Degree Awarded
2012
Month Degree Awarded
February
Keywords
Menu Labeling, Labeling, Restaurant, Dietary Judgment, Nutrition Information, Nutrition Knowledge
Abstract
To help combat the growing obesity problem in the United States, the Menu Labeling Act was passed in 2010 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. However, little research has been conducted to determine the optimal format and content of the imminent label. A between-subjects experiment was conducted with a non-probability sample that was provided with three nutrition label treatments and surveyed to determine the labels’ effect on accuracy in dietary judgments and nutrition evaluations, level of certainty and confusion while completing those tasks, and perceived label comprehension and utility. The presence of a label had a positive relationship with all the dependent measures, while the addition of percent daily values to the label had a nonsignificant increase in accuracy but a negative effect on confusion and comprehension.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/2410852
First Advisor
Linda J. Shea