Research
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Mandatory menu calorie labeling in US chain restaurants reduces cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes incidence, generating net healthcare and societal cost savings.
Support and comply with menu calorie labeling laws. While individual behavior change is modest, the population-level effect prevents thousands of heart attacks and diabetes cases, saving billions in healthcare costs.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
Our national model suggests that the full implementation of the US calorie menu labeling law will generate significant health gains and healthcare and societal cost-savings.
Why this rating
Uses a validated microsimulation model with nationally representative data, though it relies on assumptions for compensation and reformulation.
Source
Health and Economic Impacts of the National Menu Calorie Labeling Law in the United States
Junxiu Liu et al. · Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes · 2020
DOI 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006313
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