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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