" Trigger Foods: The Influence of “Irrelevant” Alternatives in School Lunchrooms,"Īgricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. " Smarter Lunchrooms: Using Behavioral Economics to Improve Meal Selection,"Ĭhoices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. " Attacking the obesity epidemic: The potential health benefits of providing nutrition information in restaurants,"Īmerican Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. & Tasnadi, Attila, 2005.Ģ005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RIġ9195, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). Smith & Attila Tasnádi, 2005.Ġ503006, University Library of Munich, Germany. Results find that older students are more likely to alter their choice to a healthier entrée when nutritional labels are present versus their younger cohort. The current study builds on the previous literature by including Go-Slow-Whoa nutritional information along with the entrée choice set to determine if the inclusion of nutritional labels can lead to more healthful pre-ordered entrée choices.
Pre-ordering entrée systems have previously shown to have a positive (more healthful) impact on entrée selection (Hanks, Just, and Wansink 2013). Providing nutritional information on the healthfulness of entrées served in the school lunchroom could positively impact a student’s daily dietary choices. It is due to these alarming figures, children are a major focus of public health efforts. 2012), and nearly a third of children between the ages of 6 and 19 are considered obese. The prevalence of obesity in adolescents and children, in the United States, was 16.9% from 2009 to 2010 (Ogden, et al.
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