The "organic" path to obesity? organic claims influence calorie judgments and exercise recommendations

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-150

  Schuldt, Jonathon P ^a   Schwarz, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie estimation; Food labeling; Halo effects; Health claims; Obesity; Organic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954471729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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