Default options, incentives and food choices: Evidence from elementary-school children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2281-2288

  Just, David ^a   Price, Joseph ^b  

^a Department of Applied Economics and Management Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Fruits and vegetables; School lunch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SCHOOL; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LUNCH; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUTRITION POLICY; REWARD; SCHOOLS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84899555808     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001468     Document Type: Article

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