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 that less deprived households were more likely to buy foods on…
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 consumption. Our results showed: no differences between SES found for…
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 differences in acceptability depending on intervention type (affecting price, availability or advertising), acceptability increased when information…
BHRU Health Inequalities Lecture – Professor Johan Mackenbach
The Behaviour and Health Research Unit’s Annual Lecture was held on Thursday 24th April at Downing College, Cambridge. The event was supported by Cambridge Public Policy. The title of the talk given by Professor Mackenbach was “The persistence of health inequalities”.
Scottish alcohol multi-buy ban did not work
Ryota Nakamura et al., conducted a study which assessed the effect of Scotland’s multi-buy ban implemented in October 2011. Their findings showed that the ban failed to reduce the amount of alcohol purchased. The research is published in the leading…