Using behavioral economics to design more effective food policies to address obesity

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-24

  Liu, Peggy J ^a   Wisdom, Jessica ^b   Roberto, Christina A ^c   Liu, Linda J ^d   Ubel, Peter A ^a,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Choice architecture; Food environment,Menu labeling; Food marketing; Food policy; Front of package labeling; Nutrition labeling; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894074322     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppt027     Document Type: Article

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