Healthy dining. Subtle diet reminders at the point of purchase increase low-calorie food choices among both chronic and current dieters

Appetite

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Papies, Esther K ^a   Veling, Harm ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Chronic dieting; Current dieting; Food choice; Goal priming; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 84870560983     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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