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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Nov;34(11):1877–1884. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0512

Exhibit 4.

Predicted Mean Calories For Items Introduced In 2014 By Chain Restaurants With Voluntary Menu Labeling And By Competitors Without Such Labeling, By Restaurant Category And Item Category

All restaurants Chicken chains
Hamburger chains
Fast casual and coffee chains
Chick-fil-A All others McDonald’s All others Panera and Starbucks All others
No. of locations 2,090 12 65 269 855 468 401

Overall 400.0 266.8 374.7**** 311.7 440.6 269.6 286.5
Fooda 491.9 273.8 417.0**** 485.7 512.1 341.5 316.5
Beverages 416.7 b b 324.3 514.2** 288.3 292.6**

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from MenuStat (Note 12 in text) and data collected about restaurant characteristics and policies.

NOTES Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Panera, and Starbucks used voluntary menu labeling. Mean calories in each year are predicted means from models that adjusted for children’s menu status and whether a restaurant chain is national. Significance refers to differences between restaurants with voluntary national menu labeling in each year and those without such labeling.

a

Includes all menu categories except beverages and toppings or ingredients.

b

Not available/applicable.

**

p < 0.05

****

p < 0.001