Front-of-Package-Label-Style Health Logos on Menus—Do Canadian Consumers Really Care about Menu Health Logos?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Eating out Behaviors of Participants
3.2. Perception of Menu Health Logos
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Age Group | Number | % |
---|---|---|
The Silent Generation: born 1928–1945 | 28 | 3% |
Baby Boomers: born 1946–1964 | 341 | 32% |
Generation X: born 1965–1980 | 238 | 22% |
Millennials: born 1981–1996 | 393 | 37% |
Generation Z: born 1997–2012 | 65 | 6% |
Grand Total | 1065 | 100% |
Gender | ||
Female | 536 | 50.3% |
Male | 522 | 49.0% |
Other | 3 | 0.3% |
Prefer not to answer | 4 | 0.4% |
Grand Total | 1065 | 100% |
Marital Status | ||
Married | 644 | 61% |
Separated/Divorced | 79 | 7% |
Single | 290 | 27% |
Widowed | 24 | 2% |
Prefer not to answer | 27 | 3% |
Grand Total | 1064 | 100% |
Education Level | ||
Did not graduate high school | 16 | 2% |
High school graduate certificate or equivalent | 137 | 13% |
Community college, technical college, or CEGEP | 253 | 24% |
Trades certificate or diploma | 87 | 8% |
University (undergraduate degree) | 392 | 37% |
Post-graduate degree | 180 | 17% |
Grand Total | 1065 | 100% |
Household Income | ||
Under CAD 25,000 | 53 | 5% |
CAD 25,000 to CAD 49,999 | 122 | 11% |
CAD 50,000 to CAD 74,999 | 160 | 15% |
CAD 75,000 to CAD 99,999 | 146 | 14% |
CAD 100,000 to CAD 124,000 | 138 | 13% |
CAD 125,000 to CAD 149,999 | 125 | 12% |
Over CAD 150,000 | 190 | 18% |
Prefer not to answer | 132 | 12% |
Grand Total | 1066 | 100% |
Dietary Restrictions | ||
No dietary restriction | 718 | 67% |
Allergies and/or intolerances, and faith-based restrictions (e.g., halal, kosher, etc.) | 16 | 2% |
Faith-based restrictions (e.g., halal, kosher, etc.) | 18 | 2% |
Food allergies and/or intolerances | 271 | 25% |
Others | 42 | 4% |
Grand Total | 1065 | 100% |
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Yang, Y.; Charlebois, S.; Music, J. Front-of-Package-Label-Style Health Logos on Menus—Do Canadian Consumers Really Care about Menu Health Logos? Nutrients 2024, 16, 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16040545
Yang Y, Charlebois S, Music J. Front-of-Package-Label-Style Health Logos on Menus—Do Canadian Consumers Really Care about Menu Health Logos? Nutrients. 2024; 16(4):545. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16040545
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Yahan, Sylvain Charlebois, and Janet Music. 2024. "Front-of-Package-Label-Style Health Logos on Menus—Do Canadian Consumers Really Care about Menu Health Logos?" Nutrients 16, no. 4: 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16040545
APA StyleYang, Y., Charlebois, S., & Music, J. (2024). Front-of-Package-Label-Style Health Logos on Menus—Do Canadian Consumers Really Care about Menu Health Logos? Nutrients, 16(4), 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16040545