Nudging healthy food choices: A field experiment at the train station

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e133-e137

  Kroese, Floor M ^a   Marchiori, David R ^a   De Ridder, Denise T D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food choices; Healthy eating; Nudging

Indexed keywords

EATING; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RAILWAY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RAILROADS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979239812     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv096     Document Type: Article

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