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A health economic evaluation of calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector in England: A modelling study

2026-01-21 health economics Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveIn England, since 2022, large businesses providing food in the out-of-home sector are required to display calorie information for non-prepacked food and non-alcoholic drink items. This study estimates long-term cost-effectiveness of the policy by extrapolating real-world evidence on short-term policy effects in England. DesignThe lifetime health economic impacts of calorie labelling were simulated using a microsimulation model. The analysis adopted a health systems perspective to compa...

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