AVOIDING OVERINDULGENCEThe team say the approach puts calories in context and may help people to avoid overeating, or spur them to move about more in a bid to burn off the energy they have consumed. They also suggest it might encourage food producers to make products with less calories. Digging deeper, the team found people selected 103 fewer calories when the exercise-based labels were used compared with no labeling alone. Similarly, an analysis based on studies that looked at calories actually consumed revealed individuals ate about 110 calories fewer when food was labeled with exercise-based information compared with no labelling. The studies also varied considerably in how they explored the impact of exercise-based labeling.

Source: Taipei Times December 11, 2019 15:56 UTC