Several different socio-economic factors have caused a large portion of the population to
adopt unhealthy eating habits that can undermine healthcare systems, unless current trends …

We present a taxonomy of choice architecture techniques that focus on intervention design,
as opposed to the underlying cognitive processes that make an intervention work. We argue …

The way a choice is presented influences what a decision-maker chooses. This paper
outlines the tools available to choice architects, that is anyone who present people with …

This paper reviews the economic research on obesity, covering topics such as the
measurement of, and trends in, obesity, the economic causes of obesity (eg the monetary …

Background Preventing obesity requires maintenance of healthy eating behaviors over time.
Food labels and strategies that increase visibility and convenience of healthy foods (choice …

Background In the context of food, convenience is generally associated with less healthy
foods. Given the reality of present-biased preferences, if convenience was associated with …

Retail atmospherics is emerging as a major competitive tool, and it is especially notable in
the restaurant industry, where lighting is used to create the overall ambience and influence …

A large retailer habitually sends special offers and catalogues to previous customers. Yet
unfocused mass mailing is expensive–and annoying for recipients with no further interest in …

Plate shapes and package sizes, lighting and layout, color and convenience: these are a
few of hidden persuaders that can contribute to how much food a person eats. This review …

This article argues that nudges can often be turned into self-nudges: empowering
interventions that enable people to design and structure their own decision environments …