RT Article
T1 Informational campaign effects of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990 on diet
JF Cogent social sciences
VO 3
IS 1
A1 Asirvatham, Jebaraj
A2 McNamara, Paul E.
A2 Baylis, Kathy
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747406058
AB This study examines consumer response to a mass-media educational campaign undertaken as part of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990, employing media content analysis. Time and spatial variation in the nutrition-label information dissemination in the newspaper media were modeled in a difference-in-difference framework. The goal, however, is not to assess newspaper as a source, but to understand the impact of how nutrition information is portrayed. We find limited impact of the media informational campaign. Articles that portrayed Nutrition Facts Labels in a positive way decreased sugars intake from labeled foods. Interestingly, articles that portrayed Nutrition Facts Labels negatively had more impact on unlabeled foods. The findings give insights into communication of nutrition information to the public.
K1 NLEA
K1 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act
K1 Mass Media
K1 Newspaper
K1 Nutrition
K1 nutrition education
K1 nutrition information
DO 10.1080/23311886.2017.1327684