Reading between the menu lines: Are restaurants' descriptions of "healthy" foods unappealing?

Health Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1034-1037

  Turnwald, Bradley P ^a   Jurafsky, Dan ^a,b   Conner, Alana ^a   Crum, Alia J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Food labeling; Health communication; Mindset; Public health

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FOOD PACKAGING; LANGUAGE; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; MEAL; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FOOD LABELING; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MEALS; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021701075     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000501     Document Type: Article

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