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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2012 Nov;43(5):505–511. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.07.025

Table 2.

King County restaurant environments before nutrition-labeling regulation to soon after and 1.5 years later

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3
Time
p-
NEMS-R scale M 95% CI M 95% CI M 95% CI value Contrasts
Availability of Healthful
Options 5.96 4.80, 7.12 6.3 5.14, 7.46 5.85 4.82, 6.89 NS
Wave 2, Wave 3 >
Facilitators of Healthy Wave 1, both
Eating 2.62 2.10, 3.14 3.79 3.40, 4.18 3.98 3.73, 4.23 <0.001 p<0.001
Facilitators of Healthy
Eating (without nutrition-
labeling items) 1.51 1.06, 1.96 1.53 1.10, 1.96 1.57 1.30, 1.85 NS
Wave 2 < Wave 1,
p=0.018; Wave 3 <
Barriers to Healthful Eating −2.11 −2.48, −1.74 −1.68 −1.97, −1.39 −1.53 −1.81 to −1.26 0.003 Wave 1, p=0.001
Wave 2, Wave 3 >
Wave 1, both
Kid's menu 0.92 0.53, 1.30 2.04 1.43, 2.65 2.49 1.84, 3.14 <0.001 p<0.001
Wave 2 > Wave 1,
Kid's Menu (without p=0.023; Wave 3 >
nutrition-labeling items) 0.92 0.53, 1.30 1.38 0.86, 1.90 1.66 1.06, 2.26 0.016 Wave 1, p=0.004

Note. n= the same 47 restaurants across all waves

NS, not significant