Healthy snacks at the checkout counter: A lab and field study on the impact of shelf arrangement and assortment structure on consumer choices

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Van Kleef, Ellen ^a   Otten, Kai ^a   Van Trijp, Hans C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice architecture; Environmental interventions; Food accessibility; Food availability; Nudging; Obesity prevention; Snacking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SNACKS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870929009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1072     Document Type: Article

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