The effects of nutritional labels on obesity

Maria L. Loureiro; Steven T. Yen; Rodolfo M. Nayga

doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00586.x

The effects of nutritional labels on obesity

Maria L. Loureiro^*
, Steven T. Yen
, Rodolfo M. Nayga

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study examines the relationship between nutritional label use and obesity using switching regression. Results for treatment effect show that nutritional labels play a role in reducing obesity among users of nutritional labels, notably among women. The average body mass index (BMI) for men who read nutritional labels is 0.12 point lower than men who do not read them, while women who are users of nutritional labels have 1.49 points lower BMI than women who do not read labels. These findings imply that health education campaigns can employ nutritional labels as one of the instruments for reducing obesity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	333-342
Number of pages	10
Journal	Agricultural Economics
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00586.x
Publication status	Published - 2012 May

Keywords

Copula
Nutritional labels
Obesity
Overweight
Switching regression

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Agronomy and Crop Science
Economics and Econometrics

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