Ratings of the snack food's "healthiness," "capacity to affect weight" and "appropriateness in a healthy menu" also indicated that the "healthy" manipulation was effective.
And restaurants have obliged by adding healthy menu items.
But it wasn't the healthy menu that got them a top pitch on a business park in Cheadle.
Kimpton hotels recently rolled out a Travel Healthy menu, on which all choices are under 500 calories.
"I want to challenge every restaurant to offer healthy menu options," she told the National Restaurant Association's annual meeting.
In an interview, Wal-Mart's chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr., said he was in talks with McDonald's about granting employees discounts on healthy menu items, like salads.
I can't remember the last time I had McDonald's for breakfast and lunch, but the new healthy menu means you can indulge in double dining without the guilt.
Arianna Huffington said her site planned to assign its new crop of employees — many of them just out of college — a healthy menu of political articles through 2012.
Reststar will continue to run the restaurant, with some changes that include healthy menu options for children and staying open for dinner.
By seeing a healthy menu option at a restaurant, "it basically satisfies that goal to be healthy," he said, and gives consumers leeway to order what they want.
"If you don't read it for Phase 1 and just look at the healthy menu plans in Phases 2 and 3, it's a good book for that," she said.
