Purchasing Behavior and Calorie Information at Fast-Food Chains in New York City, 2007

Purchasing Behavior and Calorie Information at Fast-Food Chains in New York City, 2007

We surveyed 7318 customers from 275 randomly selected restaurants of 11 fast food chains. Participants purchased a mean of 827 calories, with 34% purchasing 1000 calories or more. Unlike other chains, Subway posted calorie information at point of purchase and its patrons more often reported seeing c...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of public health (1971) 2008-08, Vol.98 (8), p.1457-1459
Hauptverfasser: Bassett, Mary T, Dumanovsky, Tamara, Huang, Christina, Silver, Lynn D, Young, Candace, Nonas, Cathy, Matte, Thomas D, Chideya, Sekai, Frieden, Thomas R
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biological and medical sciences
Calories
Calorimetry
Data analysis
Data collection
Diet
Diet Surveys
Energy Intake
Fast food industry
Feeding Behavior
Food Analysis
Food chains
Humans
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
New York City
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Purchasing
Receipts
Research and Practice
Restaurants
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Zusammenfassung:We surveyed 7318 customers from 275 randomly selected restaurants of 11 fast food chains. Participants purchased a mean of 827 calories, with 34% purchasing 1000 calories or more. Unlike other chains, Subway posted calorie information at point of purchase and its patrons more often reported seeing calorie information than patrons of other chains (32% vs 4%; P
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2008.135020