TABLE 1—
Descriptive Characteristics of News Coverage of the New York City Portion-Size Cap Regulation: May 31, 2012–July 31, 2013
| Characteristic | No. (%) or Mean |
| Total news stories | 263 (100.0) |
| NYC news media marketa | 189 (71.9) |
| Non-NYC news media marketb | 74 (28.1) |
| Type of news stories | |
| 212 (80.6) | |
| Television | 51 (19.4) |
| Newspaper story type | |
| News section | 151 (71.2) |
| Op-ed or editorial | 49 (23.1) |
| Sports, health, lifestyle, or other section | 12 (5.7) |
| Word count | |
| Print news stories | 611 |
| Television news stories | 356 |
| Year | |
| 2012 | 162 (61.6) |
| 2013 | 101 (38.4) |
| News story volume before Board of Health vote: portion-size cap proposed by NYC Dept of Health on May 31, 2012, until the Board of Health vote on Sep 13, 2012 | 133 (50.6) |
| News story volume after Board of Health vote | |
| Following the vote through Oct 11, 2012, when the beverage industry filed a petition in court challenging the portion-size cap | 19 (7.2) |
| Following the industry petition until the portion-size cap implementation was halted by a New York state court on Mar 11, 2013 | 42 (15.9) |
| Following the portion-size cap court ruling until the city announced its plan to appeal the ruling on Apr 1, 2013 | 37 (14.1) |
| Following the city’s appeal announcement until the city lost the appeal on Jul 31, 2013 | 32 (12.2) |
Note. NYC = New York City.
NYC news media market outlets included 5 daily newspapers that have a regional focus on NYC (New York Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, and Newsday), and transcripts from evening news programs on 4 local NYC networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox).
Non-NYC news media market outlets included 18 daily newspapers (USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Orange County Register, Newark Star-Ledger, Tampa Bay Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Philadelphia Inquirer, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Phoenix Republic, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Las Vegas Review-Journal, and Boston Globe), and transcripts of evening television news programs on 3 national networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS).