Strategies for promoting healthier food choices

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Downs, Julie S ^a   Loewenstein, George ^a   Wisdom, Jessica ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CALORIC INTAKE; DECISION MAKING; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PROCEDURES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OBESITY;

EID: 70350716704     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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