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December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of consumer awareness of calorie information in New York City fast-food chains found that prominently posting calorie information in restaurants increases the number of people who report seeing the information and using it in their food choices.
June 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Does Providing Nutrition Information at the Point of Purchase Affect Consumer Behavior?
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Population health rankings can be used by various actors for different purposes. This article examines those potential uses and concludes that the chief promise of population health rankings lies in two areas.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this study, researchers examined changes in children's and adolescents' total exposure to food advertising.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article summarizes accountability, performance metrics, and reward systems in education for possible use in health care.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Government at all levels can use policy and regulation to help make the healthy choice the easy choice to prevent obesity and support individuals' efforts to lead healthy lives.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A system that rewards population health must be able to measure and track health inequalities.
April 12, 2011 | Story
What factors are associated with the clustering of fast food restaurants close to schools? Are they more likely to cluster around schools serving minority or poor children? Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Ph.D., set out to find some answers.
March 24, 2011 | Story
Can an optometrist learn more about helping people by being involved in the policy process in Washington? Does working on national public health issues influence the career of a health care professional? Melvin Shipp wanted to explore those issues.
October 6, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined the influence of menu calorie labels on fast food choices in the wake of New York City's labeling mandate.