This is the video of our annual lecture by Professor Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.
Is shopping in lower-cost supermarkets associated with less healthy purchases?
Customers of lower-cost supermarkets tend to purchase less fruit and veg and more unhealthy foods than customers of higher-cost supermarkets. However, our study suggests lower-priced supermarkets are unlikely to be disproportionately promoting unhealthy foods or stocking fewer healthier options compared…
Paying People to Quit Smoking: Potent but Repugnant?
Writing in Nature, Professor Theresa Marteau and Dr Eleni Mantzari discuss the findings from a large randomised controlled trial of four financial incentive schemes for smoking cessation, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. They note the promising…
Does highlighting lower-calorie options online prompt people to buy them?
Swaps are used by health-promotion apps and online supermarkets to promote lower-calorie alternatives.Using an experimental online supermarket, our study found that: offering swaps did not lead to participants buying fewer calories as only a quarter of swaps were accepted, and…