We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues:(a) why traditional
preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for …

Prevention of obesity requires policies that work. In this Series paper, we propose a new
way to understand how food policies could be made to work more effectively for obesity …

We examine the effectiveness in field settings of seven healthy eating nudges, classified
according to whether they are (1) cognitively oriented, such as “descriptive nutritional …

Long-standing social problems such as poor achievement, personal and intergroup conflict,
bad health, and unhappiness can seem like permanent features of the social landscape. We …

A major determinant of human eating behavior is social modeling, whereby people use
others' eating as a guide for what and how much to eat. We review the experimental studies …

This chapter represents an attempt to reach consensus on terms frequently used by its
authors, who share an interest in extending a behaviorist worldview to cultural phenomena …

Background Nudging refers to interventions that organize the choice architecture in order to
alter people's behaviour in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly …

There is little agreement among governments, institutions, scientists and food activists as to
how to best tackle the challenging issues of health and sustainability in the food sector. This …

Background The school environment, consisting of the physical environment and social‐
emotional climate (SEC), plays a crucial role in both student and employee health; however …

Nudging is increasingly used in public health interventions in Western societies to produced
health-promoting behavior changes; however, there is lack of clarity as to what constitutes a …