effects of nutritional labels on obesity

This study examines the relationship between nutritional label use and obesity using switching regression. Results for treatment effect show that nutritional labels play a role in reducing obesity among users of nutritional labels, notably among women. The average body mass index (BMI) for men who r...

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Published in:Agricultural economics 2012-05, Vol.43 (3), p.333-342
Main Authors: Loureiro, Maria L, Yen, Steven T, Nayga, Jr, Rodolfo M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bismaleimides
body mass index
Body size (biology)
Copula
Economics
Education
health education
I12
Labels
Men
nutrition labeling
Nutritional labels
Obesity
Overweight
Regression
Switching
Switching regression
Weight control
women
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Summary:This study examines the relationship between nutritional label use and obesity using switching regression. Results for treatment effect show that nutritional labels play a role in reducing obesity among users of nutritional labels, notably among women. The average body mass index (BMI) for men who read nutritional labels is 0.12 point lower than men who do not read them, while women who are users of nutritional labels have 1.49 points lower BMI than women who do not read labels. These findings imply that health education campaigns can employ nutritional labels as one of the instruments for reducing obesity.
ISSN:0169-5150
1574-0862
DOI:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00586.x