Impulsivity in the supermarket. Responses to calorie taxes and subsidies in healthy weight undergraduates

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-10

  Giesen, Janneke C A H ^a   Havermans, Remco C ^a   Nederkoorn, Chantal ^a   Jansen, Anita ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Impulsivity; Inhibitory control; Obesity; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOPPING; TAX; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055017139     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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