An evaluation and exploration of Irish food-service businesses' uptake of and attitudes towards a voluntary government-led menu energy (calorie) labelling initiative

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dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorGilgan, Lauri
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Mary
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.authorGeaney, Fiona
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Health
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-13T08:52:28Z
dc.date.available2018-09-13T08:52:28Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-16
dc.date.updated2018-09-13T08:25:01Z
dc.description.abstractObjective: To investigate the uptake of and attitudes towards a voluntary government-led energy (calorie) menu labelling initiative in Ireland among a representative sample of food-service businesses and to inform further actions that may need to be undertaken to facilitate successful implementation. Design: A mixed-methods approach, incorporating a national telephone survey, structured observation visits and semi-structured interviews. Setting: Twenty-six counties in the Republic of Ireland. Subjects: A random selection of food-service businesses (n 604) participated in the telephone survey. Businesses which indicated that they did display calories were selected to participate in structured observation visits (n 42), along with a random sample (n 38) of businesses that did not display calories. A purposive sample of thirteen food-service business owners who participated in the telephone survey participated in semi-structured interviews. Results: In the telephone survey, 7 % (n 42) of food businesses reported displaying calories and the observation visits revealed that of these businesses, 10 % (n 4) were not displaying calorie information. Three major themes emerged from the semi-structured interviews: uncertainty, impact on business and consumer nutrition knowledge. Participants expressed concerns regarding inaccuracies in the calorie information, cost and time implications, mistrust in the food-service industry and poor nutritional knowledge among consumers. These concerns impeded the implementing of calorie menu labelling. Conclusions: A multifactorial approach that incorporates guidance and support (training/tax incentives), practical assistance (user-friendly calorie calculation software), a reasonable legislative structure and a standardised monitoring system is needed to facilitate the successful implementation of calorie menu labelling.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationFitzgerald, S., Gilgan, L., McCarthy, M., Perry, I. J. and Geaney, F. (2018) 'An evaluation and exploration of Irish food-service businesses' uptake of and attitudes towards a voluntary government-led menu energy (calorie) labelling initiative', Public Health Nutrition, pp. 1-14. doi:10.1017/S1368980018001969en
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1368980018001969
dc.identifier.endpage14en
dc.identifier.issn1368-9800
dc.identifier.issn1475-2727
dc.identifier.journaltitlePublic Health Nutritionen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6766
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press on behalf of the Nutrition Societyen
dc.rights© 2018, the Authors. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Nutrition Society. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectCalorie menu labellingen
dc.subjectCalorie menu postingen
dc.subjectMenu labellingen
dc.subjectFood-service businessesen
dc.titleAn evaluation and exploration of Irish food-service businesses' uptake of and attitudes towards a voluntary government-led menu energy (calorie) labelling initiativeen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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