A trial at English secondary schools of alternative food labeling - which displayed the number of minutes of physical activity needed to burn off calories - reduced the purchase of sugary foods by a small amount, new research has found.
Loughborough UniversityMar 7 2025
It analysed almost 100,000 purchases of cakes and biscuits from 11 school canteens over a six-week period. Six schools used physical activity calorie equivalent food labeling on their sweet treats, and five schools continued with their usual practice. Analysis of school canteen data found a reduction in cake and biscuit purchases in intervention schools versus comparators of approximately 11 items per week per 100 students.
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