title: Differences in consumer use of food labels by weight loss strategies and demographic characteristics.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known about national patterns in the use of fast food and packaged food labels among adults by weight loss strategies and demographic characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the Consumer Behavior Module in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010 among adults (N = 9,690). For each of the outcome variables - use of packed food and fast food menu labels - multiple logistic regressions were used to adjust for potential differences in population characteristics by weight loss activities and demographic characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 69 percent of adults reported they would use fast food information and 76 percent reported using the nutrition facts panel on packaged foods. Adults trying to lose weight had a greater likelihood of reporting use of nutrition information to choose fast foods (OR = 1.72; 95 % CI: 1.29, 2.29) and using the nutrition facts panel on food labels (OR = 1.92; 95 % CI: 1.60, 2.30). Black and Hispanic adults were more likely to report using ingredients lists on packaged foods compared to Whites (White -63 %, Black/Hispanic -68 %, p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regardless of weight loss activities or demographic characteristics, a majority of adults report they would use fast food nutrition information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. sbleich@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: Sara N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Bleich
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. jwolfso7@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wolfson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057140:Fast Foods / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005515:Food Labeling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015431:Weight Loss; D044465:White People