Social norms shift preferences for healthy and unhealthy foods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Templeton, Emma M ^a   Stanton, Michael V ^b   Zaki, Jamil ^c  

^a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL NORM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL NORMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995679014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166286     Document Type: Article

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