The publics' understanding of daily caloric recommendations and their perceptions of calorie posting in chain restaurants

Table 3 The public's self-perceived caloric knowledge and views on usefulness of calorie posting in chain restaurants

	Know enough about energy requirements to make lower calorie choices		Usefulness of calorie count to food choice at the point of purchase in chain restaurants				Likelihood of eating at chain restaurants with calorie information on the menu
	Yes	No	Very useful	Somewhat useful	Not very useful	Not at all useful	More likely	Less likely	Neither
Total	56	44	44	32	6	18	51	20	29
Gender
Female	62	38	52	32	6	11	57	19	23
Male	51	49	36	32	6	26	45	21	34
P-value	0.026		0.001				0.028
Race	63	37	42	35	6	17	46	20	33
White	63	37	42	35	6	17	46	20	33
Black	38	62	49	26	4	21	56	29	15
Hispanic	40	60	53	21	5	21	61	17	22
P-value	< 0.001		0.200				0.010
Age, y	49	51	38	37	4	20	52	22	26
18-44	49	51	38	37	4	20	52	22	26
45-64	63	37	50	29	6	15	52	19	30
65+	61	39	46	24	10	20	46	19	35
P-value	0.010		0.031				0.502
Education	39	61	47	25	2	26	48	27	25
Less than high school	39	61	47	25	2	26	48	27	25
High school diploma	44	56	39	36	7	19	53	19	29
More than high school	68	32	46	31	6	17	51	19	30
P-value	< 0.001		0.421				0.781
BMI category	58	42	43	30	6	21	58	19	23
Healthy weight	58	42	43	30	6	21	58	19	23
Overweight	53	47	40	37	6	17	42	25	33
Obese	57	43	51	27	4	18	52	17	32
P-value	0.704		0.559				0.060

Notes: Numbers may not add up to 100% because of rounding. Data are weighted to be representative of the national population. P-values for chi-squared tests were calculated among demographic and bodyweight categories. Sample sizes vary across categories because of missing data.

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