The effect of food label use on nutrient intakes: An endogenous switching regression analysis Academic Article

abstract

• This study examines the impact of consumers' use of food labels on selected nutrient intakes of Americans. Endogenous switching regression techniques are employed to control for heterogeneity in the label use decision. When the nutrient intakes of label users and the expected nutrient intakes of label users in the absence of labels are compared, food label use decreases individuals' average daily intakes of calories from total fat and saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium by 6.90%, 2.10%, 67.60 milligrams, and 29.58 milligrams, respectively. In addition, consumer nutrition label use increases average daily fiber intake by 7.51 grams.

authors

• Capps, Oral

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS

author list (cited authors)

• Kim, S. Y., Nayga, R. M., & Capps, O.

complete list of authors

• Kim, SY||Nayga, RM||Capps, O

publication date

• July 2000

published in

• Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics  Journal

keywords

• Endogenous Switching Regression
• Food Labels
• Nutrient Intakes

start page

• 215

end page

• 231

volume

• 25

issue

• 1