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Abstract: Obesity in the United States has been described as an epidemic increasing the risk of developing chronic medical diseases, placing a huge burden on the US economy in healthcare costs, and decreasing life expectancy. A recent strategy to combat the high rate of obesity in the US is the requirement of chain restaurants to post calorie information on menus/menu boards to encourage selection... read moreof lower calorie "healthier" menu items. A survey of 200 subjects was conducted at 4 Panera Bread outlets in Massachusetts to explore individual consumer characteristics such as Body Mass Index (BMI), nutrition knowledge, and exercise and diet status to identify any association with the use or non-use of posted calorie information. Descriptive statistics revealed no correlation between the characteristics of individual respondents and and the use of calorie information. Refinements to the calorie posting guidelines are suggested to improve the effectiveness of this approach to reduce the prevalence of obesity in the United States.
Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2015.
Submitted to the Dept. of Civil Engineering.
Advisor: Mark Woodin.
Committee: David Gute.
Keyword: Civil engineering.read less
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