Nudging consumers toward better food choices: Policy approaches to changing food consumption behaviors

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 501-511

  Guthrie, Joanne ^a   Mancino, Lisa ^a   Lin, Chung Tung Jordan ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84928539825     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20795     Document Type: Article

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