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Search. Alcohol. In a systematic review, published 9th June, 2016 in BMC Public Health, we combined data from randomized, experimental studies that investigated the immediate effects of viewing alcohol marketing on alcohol consumption and

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

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. 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

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This seminar will explore the proposition that efforts to plan a response to climate change are largely stuck, having been driven by conventional economic thinking and over-stated engineering optimism about ... It challenges widely held assumptions about

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

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).

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. 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