How to Make School Lunches Healthier
(Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture) An article in Choices by David R. Just and Brian Wansink illustrates how school administrators can use behavioral economics to nudge kids toward good eating…
Is it really in a restaurant’s best interest to give customers free bread or chips before they even order?
Americans keep putting on pounds. So is it time for a cheeseburger tax? Or would a chill pill be the best medicine? In this episode, we explore the underbelly of…
(Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture) An article in Choices by David R. Just and Brian Wansink illustrates how school administrators can use behavioral economics to nudge kids toward good eating…
Brian Wansink and Collin Payne recently examined the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and eating behaviors at all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets. The researchers found that customers with a higher BMI…
…by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, in the book Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink, and in the books of the psychologist Robert Cialdini. Q. Let me begin by saying I…
…I doubt they’d be interested. Maybe Brian Wansink would be, however. It would also be interesting to see how calorie signs affect demand for lower-calorie foods. While on the surface,…