The effects of pre-ordering and behavioral nudges on National School Lunch Program participants’ food item selection

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 4-16

  Miller, Gabrielle F ^a   Gupta, Sonam ^b   Kropp, Jaclyn D ^a   Grogan, Kelly A ^a   Mathews, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food selection; Nudging; Pre commitment; Pre ordering; School lunch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959865392     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2016.02.010     Document Type: Article

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