Is nutrition labeling associated with decreased obesity? A quantitative approach to nutritional health policy in Ecuador.

Autor: Ortiz C; Carrera de Economía and Centro de Investigaciones Sociales y Económicas, Universidad Nacional de Loja, Loja, 110150, Ecuador. cristian.ortiz@unl.edu.ec., Guaya V; Unidad de Bienestar Universitario, Universidad Nacional de Loja, Loja, 110150, Ecuador., Salinas A; ESAI Business School, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, 091650, Ecuador.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of public health policy [J Public Health Policy] 2022 Dec; Vol. 43 (4), pp. 593-612. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 04.
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-022-00368-4
Abstrakt: Few studies assess consumer response to nutrition labeling, especially in less-developed countries. We analyzed the link between nutrition labeling and obesity in Ecuador using a representative cross-sectional sample of 29,770 individuals from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) in 2018. Nutrition labeling reduced the probability of obesity in adolescent (12-18 years old) and adult (18-59 years old) people by 4% (CI: - 5.7, - 2.2) and 8.4% (CI: - 12.7, - 4.0), respectively. The magnitude of average treatment effect of using nutrition label on obesity ranged from 0.90 (CI: - 1.299, - 0.500) to 1 (CI: - 1.355, - 0.645) BMI points for adolescent, and from 1.16 (CI: - 1.554, - 0.766) to 1.80 (CI: - 2.791, - 0.811) BMI points for adult. The effect of nutrition labeling is greater among the less obese. We recommend that health policy makers and clinicians continue to promote nutrition labeling especially where obesity is not chronic, where nutrition labeling is most successful.
(© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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