Quick Hits: Could Exercise Advice on Labels Deter Obesity?

They found that compared with no labelling or other labelling approaches, subjects chose on average 65 fewer calories per meal when exercise-based labels were used on food or menus. They also found that people chose 103 fewer calories when exercise-based labels were used compared to no labelling. The difference may not seem significant, but it certainly adds up across meals. One researcher noted, “People think that obesity is caused by gluttony. It isn’t. Obesity is caused by all of us eating just a little bit too much.”