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Table 3 Types of nutrition information noticed, according to the type of nutrition information program present in the restauranta

From: Evaluation of a voluntary nutritional information program versus calorie labelling on menus in Canadian restaurants: a quasi-experimental study design

 

No program (n = 2276)

Informed Dining Program (n = 1533)

Calorie labelling on menus (n = 1244)

X2 statisticb, p-value

Calories

11.0%

11.7%

53.1%

41.6, p < 0.001

Fat

6.2%

5.6%

3.0%

1.24, p = 0.54

Sugar / Carb

1.9%

2.9%

1.8%

0.58, p = 0.75

Sodium / Salt

2.1%

2.0%

1.2%

1.67, p = 0.43

Health logo / Symbol

1.2%

1.0%

1.5%

0.02, p = 0.99

Allergen

1.1%

1.5%

1.1%

0.21, p = 0.90

Vegetarian

1.4%

1.3%

0.6%

0.96, p = 0.62

Organic

0.2%

0.6%

0.6%

0.38, p = 0.87

Other

4.3%

5.3%

3.1%

2.86, p = 0.24

  1. aNote: Participants could report more than one type of information noticed. Reported among all participants
  2. bChi-square statistic for the nutrition information program variable in logistic regression models for each location, adjusted for city, year and socio-demographic variables