Ecolabels on restaurant menus could help reduce carbon emissions

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Ecolabels on restaurant menus could be a low-cost strategy to reduce the carbon emissions of restaurant food choices, according to international researchers. The team conducted a randomised clinical trial with 3147 US adults and found that people who viewed restaurant menus displaying ecolabels on more environmentally sustainable foods selected items with similar overall healthiness and 9.2% lower carbon footprint.