Menu Labeling as a Potential Strategy for Combating the Obesity Epidemic
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Date: 05/07/08
Author: Paul Simon, Christopher Jarosz, Tony Kuo, and Jonathan Fielding
Publisher: County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health (DPH)
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Type: Report
Level: County
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Description:
A health impact assessment of menu labeling, as proposed in California’s Senate Bill 120 in 2007 and in the current Senate Bill 1420, on the obesity epidemic in Los Angeles County. Data on population weight gain from the California Department of Education Physical Fitness Testing Program and
the Los Angeles County Health Survey were used to quantify the obesity epidemic in Los Angeles County.
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