An (un)healthy poster: When environmental cues affect consumers' food choices at vending machines

Appetite

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 368-374

  Stöckli, Sabrina ^a   Stämpfli, Aline E ^a,b   Messner, Claude ^a   Brunner, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental cue; Food choice; Healthy nutrition; Mental concept; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSUMER; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MACHINE; MALE; REPLICATION STUDY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VENDING MACHINE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNACKS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944936940     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.034     Document Type: Article

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