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May 23, 2013 | Journal Article
In an effort to prevent overweight and obesity due to increased fast-food consumption, new national policy will require restaurants to post calories on their menus.
March 12, 2013 | Journal Article
Requiring a minimum number of fruits and vegetables in school lunch programs increases overall consumption, especially among teens who do not have regular access to those foods at home.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A restaurant nutrition-labeling regulation was accompanied by some, but not uniform, improvements in two counties—one regulated and one nonregulated.
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An assessment of local wellness policies in six school districts' found that they were only partially implemented—food quality had improved, but not opportunities for physical activity.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Chaloupka and colleagues take exception with a few points in this issue's commentary by the Fletcher research team.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This commentary outlines numerous opportunities to advance public health through food system policies. The authors suggest that regional, city or county food policy councils be developed to initiate comprehensive food system policy enhancements that improve health.
March 20, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines whether increasing the price of unhealthy foods can change patterns of food consumption and individual weight outcomes. Food taxes or subsidies have been raised as potential means of addressing the obesity epidemic in the United States.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the history of the tobacco industry and compares it to the food industry. It provides an overview of the steps that the tobacco industry took to protect its market at the expense of public health and discusses the ways in which the food industry has, and has not, followed a similar trajectory.
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This review of published literature examined six studies that observed the effects of providing consumers with point-of-purchase calorie content information. Making calorie and nutritional information available at restaurants and cafeterias may result in consumers making healthier choices.
September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
In order to address overall nutritional health, including increases in numbers of overweight children and adolescents, the San Francisco Unified School District implemented a progressive nutrition policy beginning in August 2003. The authors reviewe ...