literacy on the healthiness of food choices in
restaurants
Thesis defense
Table of contents
› Introduction › Research gap › Research questions › Literature review › Methodology › Results › Findings › ContributionsIntroduction
› Increase of non-communicable diseases › Overconsumption when eating out
› Intervention method: nutrition labeling on menus › Current literature is divided
Research gaps
› Effectiveness of menu labeling
Research questions
What is the impact of nutrition labeling in
restaurants on the healthiness of the food choice?
What is the impact of health literacy on the relationship between nutrition labeling in
Literature review (1)
Literature review (2)
› Nutrition labeling and the healthiness of food choices
• More information
• underestimation of calories consumed
• Limited knowledge
Literature review (3)
› Health literacy and the healthiness of the food choice
• Food knowledge
• SPFL
Literature review (3)
› The moderating effect of health literacy
• Understanding of the label
• Use of the label
Methodology
› Sample: 103 adults
› Variables: calories consumed, nutrition labeling, SPFL
› Control variables
Results
› H1: Significant effect (p = 0.0064 and 0.0183) › H2: no significant effect (p = 0.1602)
› H3: no significant effect (p = 0.2710 and 0,4858) › Follow up analysis
• Estimation of calories consumed
Findings
› Answer to the research questions › Difference menu 2 and menu 3
Contributions
Limitations and further research
› Survey → next step › SPFL metric