Zarkin G A, Dean N, Mauskopf J A, Williams R
Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194.
Am J Public Health. 1993 May;83(5):717-24. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.5.717.
The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 mandates the Food and Drug Administration to promulgate changes in nutrition labeling regulations. This study investigates the potential health benefits associated with expected changes in food consumption resulting from the act.
This paper provides four estimates of the potential health benefits from the dietary changes expected to occur as a result of the 1990 act. The upper bound estimates begin with the premise that all consumers will adopt the daily reference values of total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. The lower bound estimate is based on consumers' responses to a shelf-labeling program sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration in the 1980s. A computer model developed by Dr. Warren Browner and his associates was used to estimate the health benefits from reduced nutrient intakes.
Estimates of the number of discounted life-years gained nationwide for the first 20 years after the implementation of the act range from a high of 1.2 million to a low of 40,000.
The results of the study highlight that relatively small changes in nutrient intakes may generate large public health benefits.
1990年的《营养标签与教育法》授权美国食品药品监督管理局颁布营养标签法规的变更。本研究调查了该法案导致的食品消费预期变化所带来的潜在健康益处。
本文提供了四项对因1990年法案预计发生的饮食变化所带来的潜在健康益处的估计。上限估计的前提是所有消费者都会采用总脂肪、饱和脂肪和胆固醇的每日参考值。下限估计基于消费者对20世纪80年代美国食品药品监督管理局发起的货架标签计划的反应。沃伦·布朗纳博士及其同事开发的一个计算机模型被用来估计营养摄入量减少带来的健康益处。
该法案实施后的头20年里，全国范围内获得的贴现生命年数估计值范围从高达120万到低至4万。
研究结果突出表明，营养摄入量相对较小的变化可能会产生巨大的公共卫生益处。
