diff --git a/js/common/view/LimitedFoodCheckbox.js b/js/common/view/LimitedFoodCheckbox.js
index 18568305..2c7ecdd1 100644
--- a/js/common/view/LimitedFoodCheckbox.js
+++ b/js/common/view/LimitedFoodCheckbox.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class LimitedFoodCheckbox extends EnvironmentalFactorCheckbox {
 
     const labelText = new Text( NaturalSelectionStrings.limitedFoodStringProperty, {
       font: NaturalSelectionConstants.CHECKBOX_FONT,
-      maxWidth: 150, // determined empirically
+      maxWidth: 105, // determined empirically
       tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'labelText' )
     } );
 
diff --git a/js/common/view/ToughFoodCheckbox.js b/js/common/view/ToughFoodCheckbox.js
index 1c4f2582..49367f1d 100644
--- a/js/common/view/ToughFoodCheckbox.js
+++ b/js/common/view/ToughFoodCheckbox.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ToughFoodCheckbox extends EnvironmentalFactorCheckbox {
 
     const labelText = new Text( NaturalSelectionStrings.toughFoodStringProperty, {
       font: NaturalSelectionConstants.CHECKBOX_FONT,
-      maxWidth: 110, // determined empirically
+      maxWidth: 105, // determined empirically
       tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'labelText' )
     } );
 
diff --git a/js/common/view/WolvesCheckbox.js b/js/common/view/WolvesCheckbox.js
index fc0bf526..513f8e54 100644
--- a/js/common/view/WolvesCheckbox.js
+++ b/js/common/view/WolvesCheckbox.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class WolvesCheckbox extends EnvironmentalFactorCheckbox {
 
     const labelText = new Text( NaturalSelectionStrings.wolvesStringProperty, {
       font: NaturalSelectionConstants.CHECKBOX_FONT,
-      maxWidth: 110, // determined empirically
+      maxWidth: 105, // determined empirically
       tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'labelText' )
     } );