Availability of point-of-purchase nutrition information at a fast-food restaurant |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory of Green Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India;2. Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Govt. Degree College for Women Baramulla, Jammu Kashmir 193101, India;3. Department of Chemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu Kashmir 190006, India;1. Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Semenov ave. 1, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia;2. Higher Chemical College of Russian Academy of Sciences, D.I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Miusskaya 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia;3. INEOS RAS, Vavylova St. 28, B-334, Moscow 119991, Russia;4. Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Nobel St. 3, Moscow 143026, Russia;1. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry, P.O. Box 286, H-1519 Budapest, Hungary;2. Egis Pharmaceuticals Plc., Directorate of Drug Substance Development, P.O. Box 100, H-1475 Budapest, Hungary;1. Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2. Dept. of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;1. National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phaholyothin Road, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand;2. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China |
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| Abstract: | Objective.Given the link between eating out, poor diets, and obesity, we assessed the availability of point-of-purchase nutrition information at the largest fast-food restaurant in the U.S., McDonald's.Method.In August 2004, we visited 29 of 33 (88%) of the McDonald's outlets in Washington, DC and visually inspected the premises, as well as asked cashiers or restaurant managers whether they had nutrition information available in the restaurant.Results.In Washington, DC, 59% of McDonald's outlets provided in-store nutrition information for the majority of their standard menu items. In 62% of the restaurants, it was necessary to ask two or more employees in order to obtain a copy of that information.Conclusion.We found that even at the largest chain restaurant in the country, nutrition information at the point of decision-making is often difficult to find or completely absent. |
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