In an online experiment, neither an emoticon label (smiling or frowning face) nor a label colour (red, green or white) influenced people’s choice between a chocolate or a cereal bar. However, frowning faces on cereal bars did lead people to…
Do less deprived households have healthier shopping baskets?
We looked at the purchases of 25,000 British households in 2010 to get a detailed picture of socioeconomic differences in the purchases of food and drink. Our research found that: more deprived households purchased a larger proportion of energy from…
Financial incentives help people change unhealthy behaviours but do not lead to lasting changes
According to new research published on the 2nd of April in the journal “Preventive Medicine”, financial incentives can motivate people, especially those from deprived backgrounds, to change behaviours that are bad for their health, but there is currently no evidence…
“Changing diets to improve planetary and population health”
In a recent UN Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) brief we proposed that well-designed policies targeting the demand for particular foods could simultaneously improve the health of the global population and achieve environmental sustainability. Current evidence shows that reducing food…