title: Menu-labeling usage and its association with diet and exercise: 2011 BRFSS Sugar Sweetened Beverage and Menu Labeling module.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The primary objective of our study was to investigate the association between menu-labeling usage and healthy behaviors pertaining to diet (consumption of fruits, vegetables, sodas, and sugar-sweetened beverages) and exercise.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Sugar Sweetened Beverage and Menu-Labeling module, were used. Logistic regression was used to determine the association between menu-labeling usage and explanatory variables that included fruit, vegetable, soda, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption as well as exercise.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly half (52%) of the sample indicated that they used menu labeling. People who used menu labeling were more likely to be female (odds ratio [OR], 2.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.04-2.58), overweight (OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.00-1.29) or obese (OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.12-1.50), obtain adequate weekly aerobic exercise (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.06-1.32), eat fruits (OR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.12-1.29) and vegetables (OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.05-1.20), and drink less soda (OR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.69-0.83).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although obese and overweight people were more likely to use menu labeling, they were also adequately exercising, eating more fruits and vegetables, and drinking less soda. Menu labeling is intended to combat the obesity epidemic; however the results indicate an association between menu-labeling usage and certain healthy behaviors. Thus, efforts may be necessary to increase menu-labeling usage among people who are not partaking in such behaviors.
authors.affiliation: University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107. E-mail: Sumihiro.Suzuki@unthsc.edu.
authors.forename: Sumihiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D001628:Beverages; D004032:Diet; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D050177:Overweight; D012147:Restaurants / Q000592:standards*; D013549:Sweetening Agents; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D013549:Sweetening Agents