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Search. Would taxing sweet snacks bring greater health benefits than taxing sugar-sweetened drinks? . In April 2018, the UK Government introduced a levy on sugary drink producers. Our study looks at whether increasing the price of sweet snacks would

Effect of increasing the price of sugar-sweetened beverages on alcoholic beverage purchases: an economic analysis of sales data.

Search. Why don’t poor men eat fruit? . We looked at whether there were differences by Socioeconomic Status (SES) in how much people liked fruit. We were interested in whether this might explain socioeconomic differences in self-reported fruit

Search. Why don’t people like government increasing prices on unhealthy items? . Price interventions can be one of the most effective ways of changing behaviour – particularly for reducing consumption of tobacco and alcohol – but public

Price is a critical element of the environment shaping behaviour, but our results suggest the evidence for using economic instruments to promote dietary and physical activity is less compelling and more ... Economic Instruments for Population Diet and

Search. What causes people to underestimate calories in food? Healthier fruits and vegetables frequently feature on packaging for foods high in fat and sugar. These pairings can lead to calorie underestimates (Chernev (2011) The Dieter’s paradox).

Search. unhealthy. Are more deprived households likely to buy supermarket promotions?. In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather than

change the environments  – physical, digital, economic and social – to make easier the healthier behaviour that most of us prefer but find difficult to achieve.

Search. Taxing sweet snacks may bring even greater health benefits than taxing sugar-sweetened drinks. The UK Government levy on sugary drinks producers started in April 2018. This will potentially influence the cost of a large range of

Search. socioeconomic status. Are more deprived households likely to buy supermarket promotions?. In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather

Search. Socio-economic patterning of behaviour. We looked at whether there were differences by Socioeconomic Status (SES) in how much people liked fruit.

Are more deprived households likely to buy supermarket promotions?. In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather than healthier items, and

ways in which future economic studies could be strengthened, and iii) providing a typology to aid future studies. ... Economic instruments for population diet and physical activity behaviour change: a systematic scoping review.

Blog by Professor Dame Theresa Marteau. Richard Thaler is an economist that is fluent in Psychology and has just won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics. ... His contribution, as recognised by the awarding committee, has been to apply the psychology of

Search. Review finds communicating genetic risks does not change health behaviour. . A systematic review led by researchers at the Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU), published in the BMJ, has found the most conclusive evidence to date that

Physical Activity . Themes. In addition, there are four themes which we have found cross-cut our work: physical environment interventions (or choice architecture), economic environment interventions, public acceptability of interventions to

Effect of increasing the price of sugar-sweetened beverages on alcoholic beverage purchases: an economic analysis of sales data.

2018). Effect of increasing the price of sugar-sweetened beverages on alcoholic beverage purchases: an economic analysis of sales data. ... Nakamura, R., Suhrcke, M., & Zizzo, D. J. (2017). A triple test for behavioral economics models and public health

Search. publications. Altering environment, stimuli and apparatus to change behaviour. The BHRU carried out a systematic scoping review of empirical evidence, and related conceptual material, to identify the effects of choice architecture

Search. public acceptability. How acceptable people find different interventions to reduce alcohol consumption varies depending on the type of intervention and its effectiveness. While our study found differences in acceptability depending on

Many fields need to come together – behavioural science, economics, political science, philosophy and economic history being just some of them.

Search. poverty. Are more deprived households likely to buy supermarket promotions?. In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather than

Search. population. Altering environment, stimuli and apparatus to change behaviour. The BHRU carried out a systematic scoping review of empirical evidence, and related conceptual material, to identify the effects of choice architecture

Search. Pinpointing needles in giant haystacks: use of text mining to reduce impractical screening workload in extremely large scoping reviews. The paper cited below was published on the 23rd of August 2013. To view the full publication click on the

ways in which future economic studies could be strengthened, and iii) providing a typology to aid future studies. ... Economic instruments for population diet and physical activity behaviour change: a systematic scoping review.

Search. Pechey. Are more deprived households likely to buy supermarket promotions?. In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather than

Search. Marteau. A new BMJ Analysis article, written by researchers in the Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU) and published on 2. nd. December 2015, outlines a range of actions with the potential to avoid the excess consumption of food and

Search. Is shopping in lower-cost supermarkets associated with less healthy purchases? . Customers of lower-cost supermarkets tend to purchase less fruit and veg and more unhealthy foods than customers of higher-cost supermarkets. However, our study

Search. interventions. How acceptable people find different interventions to reduce alcohol consumption varies depending on the type of intervention and its effectiveness. While our study found differences in acceptability depending on intervention

Search. Inequalities. Are more deprived households likely to buy supermarket promotions?. In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather than

Search. How do regular drinkers perceive wines and beers labelled as lower in strength? In a sample of 3,390 weekly wine and beer drinkers we assessed the impact of labelling wine and beer with different verbal descriptors denoting lower strength,

Search. How acceptable are pricing policies for changing behaviour? . How acceptable people find different interventions to reduce alcohol consumption varies depending on the type of intervention and its effectiveness. While our study found

Effect of increasing the price of sugar-sweetened beverages on alcoholic beverage purchases: an economic analysis of sales data. ... Pechey, Jebb, Kelly, Almiron-Roig, Conde, Nakamura, Shemilt, Suhrcke, Marteau, 2013. Publications related to

Search. food. A new BMJ Analysis article, written by researchers in the Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU) and published on 2. nd. December 2015, outlines a range of actions with the potential to avoid the excess consumption of food and

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Search. Economic Instruments for Population Diet and Physical Activity Behaviour Change: A Systematic Scoping Review. ... Shemilt I, Hollands GJ, Marteau TM, Nakamura R, Jebb SA, Kelly MP, Suhrcke M, Ogilvie D: Economic Instruments for Population Diet

We also found an evidence gap regarding whether self-control influences interventions that focus on changing physical and economic environments.

Search. Does communicating evidence of policy effectiveness influence public support for the policy? Increasing the prices of products that harm health is an effective intervention for changing behaviour to improve health, but public support for

Search. Do image-based warning labels reduce selection of sugary drinks by parents for their children? Our new study published in Preventive Medicine Reports on 23. rd. October 2018 indicates that placing image-based warning labels on SSBs reduced

Search. Do food labels alter food preference? Descriptive words to describe an apple such as ‘healthy and succulent’, or ‘succulent and healthy’ increase the likelihood of being selected as a dessert instead of chocolate. The results show

Search. Do cognitive resources in childhood predict teenage behaviour? . Cognitive resources encompass abilities including IQ and processes involved in planning, monitoring, and revising goal-directed behaviour (e.g., impulsivity). Looking at data

2018). Effect of increasing the price of sugar-sweetened beverages on alcoholic beverage purchases: an economic analysis of sales data. ... 131). Centre for Health Economics, University of York. Petrescu, D. C., Hollands, G.

Search. diet. A new systematic review led by researchers at the Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU), published on the 14th of September in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, has found the most conclusive evidence to date that people

Search. Choice architecture scoping review. . We completed a systematic scoping review of studies assessing the effects of choice architecture interventions in micro-environments onand tobacco-related behaviours. Of the 346 studies found, 19%

Search. Children exposed to vaping ads are less likely to think occasional smoking is bad for health. In a new study published on the 6th September in Tobacco Control, we show that exposing children to advertisements for e-cigarettes may reduce how

Effect of increasing the price of sugar-sweetened beverages on alcoholic beverage purchases: an economic analysis of sales data. ... J. (2017). A triple test for behavioral economics models and public health policy.

Search. Can the shape of a glass impact on how fast we drink? Previous studies suggest that glassware design may influence drinking behaviour, however it remains unclear whether these effects are limited to alcohol, and what the underlying

Search. Are more deprived households likely to buy supermarket promotions? . In our study which looked at price promotions in stores, we found that people were more likely to purchase less-healthy food items on promotion, rather than healthier items,