The application of traffic-light food labelling in a worksite canteen intervention in Taiwan

Abstract Objective This study evaluated customer attitudes, perceptions, and utilisation of a traffic-light food labelling (TFL) programme before and after the TFL was implemented in a worksite canteen in Taiwan. Study design A one-arm intervention was implemented in the canteen and buffet of a rese...

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Published in:Public health (London) 2017-09, Vol.150, p.17-25
Main Authors: Chen, H.-J, Weng, S.-H, Cheng, Y.-Y, Lord, A.Y.Z, Lin, H.-H, Pan, W.-H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitudes
Choice Behavior
Consumer behavior
Customers
Descriptive labeling
Dissemination
Female
Food
Food choice
Food label
Food Labeling - methods
Food Preferences - psychology
Food service
Food Services
Healthy Diet - psychology
Healthy food
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Intervention
Labeling
Labelling
Labels
Lunch
Male
Occupational Health Services
Perceptions
Point-of-choice
Polls & surveys
Program Evaluation
Regression analysis
Regression models
Survey
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taiwan
Traffic
Workplace
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Summary:Abstract Objective This study evaluated customer attitudes, perceptions, and utilisation of a traffic-light food labelling (TFL) programme before and after the TFL was implemented in a worksite canteen in Taiwan. Study design A one-arm intervention was implemented in the canteen and buffet of a research park in Taiwan. Phase 1 consisted of dissemination of information regarding the TFL, targeting the customers (June–July, 2014); phase 2 consisted of implementation of the TFL in the buffet starting in August 2014. The TFL included red, yellow and green labels, indicating ‘unhealthy/stop’, ‘moderately unhealthy/wait’ and ‘healthy/go’, respectively. Methods The evaluation was based on two independent anonymous surveys in July 2014 (in phase 1) and April 2015 (in phase 2). Customers were invited to take a survey regarding the TFL programme, the food environment in the canteen, and their lunch choices. Logistic regression models examined the changes in customers' attention and attitudes towards the labelling and their food choices between the two surveys. Results The customers reported positive attitudes towards the TFL. The proportion of customers who reported choosing foods based on the recommendations increased from 38% to 50% ( P  
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2017.04.005