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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

This programme of work focuses on interventions in physical micro-environments (also known as nudging), as well as interventions in economic environments, with the aim of changing behaviour to improve population

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

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. 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

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

This includes growing public distrust in science and academic expertise following the failings of mainstream economics that were highlighted by the 2008 global economic crisis, as well as broader indicators of

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

26 Aug 2021: Health Excellence Centre, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK; 6) School of Economics, University of East Anglia, UK; 7) MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK. ... or significantly changing their economic incentives”1; as such,

26 Aug 2021: economic and social – that readily enable healthier behaviours. ... of environments that shape our behaviour – for good and ill – including physical, digital, economic and social ones.