Multnomah County passed a menu labeling policy that will go into effect January 1, 2009, as one of only five jurisdictions in the U.S. to have passed such a policy. The aims of this study are to: (1) examine changes in awareness of nutrition information, nutrition knowledge, use of nutrition information and caloric value of purchases; (2) examine changes in menu offerings in restaurants; and (3) describe differences in outcomes by age, gender, education, race/ethnicity, restaurant type and restaurant location. Investigators will use a pre-post design with cross-sectional point-of-purchase surveys, restaurant environmental assessments and menu audits and restaurant health inspection reports. Stratified sampling will be used to enroll sufficient numbers of low-income residents and people of color to allow investigators to describe differences in outcomes by income and race/ethnicity.
Start Date: November 2008
ID #: 65430
Principal Investigator: Myde Boles, PhD
Organization: Multnomah County Health Department
Funding Round: Rapid-Response Round 1
Age Groups: Adolescents (grades 9 to 12), Adults and Families, Elementary-age children (grades K to 5), Preschool-age children (ages 3 to 5), Young adolescents (grades 6 to 8)
Keywords: Fast food, Food formulation, Food outlet, In-store marketing, Menu Labeling, Point-of-decision prompts, Restaurant
Focus Area: Food Marketing
Resource Type: Grant Summary
Race/Ethnicity: Multi-racial/ethnic
State: Oregon
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