Mandatory Calorie Disclosure: A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Effect on Consumers and Retailers

Zlatevska, N; Neumann, N; Dubelaar, C

Mandatory Calorie Disclosure: A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Effect on Consumers and Retailers

Zlatevska, N

Neumann, N Dubelaar, C

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Retailing, 2018, 94 (1), pp. 89 - 101
Issue Date:: 2018-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Zlatevska, N https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-1529	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Neumann, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dubelaar, C	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-09-29	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Retailing, 2018, 94 (1), pp. 89 - 101	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-4359	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/130362
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 In 2018 restaurants in the United States will need to provide calorie information on their menus as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In the present research, we examine the efficacy of this legislation in reducing restaurant based food calorie consumption. Specifically, we explore the likely effect of the new policy on both the supply and demand side, that is, consumer and retailer behaviors. To achieve this, two studies are included in this research: a meta-analysis of 186 studies investigating the effect of calorie disclosure on calories selected, and a meta-analysis of 41 studies examining the effect of calorie disclosure on calories offered by retailers. Across these two studies we reveal a significant and unequivocal calorie disclosure effect for menu labels; disclosure results in both fewer calories selected (−27 Calories) and fewer calories offered by retailers (−15 Calories).	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Retailing	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jretai.2017.09.007	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Marketing	en_US
dc.title	Mandatory Calorie Disclosure: A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Effect on Consumers and Retailers	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	94	en_US
utslib.for	1505 Marketing	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Marketing Discipline
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pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	94	en_US

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© 2017 In 2018 restaurants in the United States will need to provide calorie information on their menus as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In the present research, we examine the efficacy of this legislation in reducing restaurant based food calorie consumption. Specifically, we explore the likely effect of the new policy on both the supply and demand side, that is, consumer and retailer behaviors. To achieve this, two studies are included in this research: a meta-analysis of 186 studies investigating the effect of calorie disclosure on calories selected, and a meta-analysis of 41 studies examining the effect of calorie disclosure on calories offered by retailers. Across these two studies we reveal a significant and unequivocal calorie disclosure effect for menu labels; disclosure results in both fewer calories selected (−27 Calories) and fewer calories offered by retailers (−15 Calories).

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