http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The word "organic" can mean many things to consumers. Even so, the power of an organic label can be very strong: studies have shown that this simple label can lead us to think that a food is healthier, through what is known as the 'health halo effect'. But can this bias go further? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bias-consumers-perceptions-health-halo.html Health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:38:03 EST news284035077 Labeling food as "organic" may not always lead to a positive impression, according to a recent Cornell study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-attitudes-consumers-values.html Health Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:20:12 EST news274095282 (Medical Xpress) -- Claims on food labels that a product is organic, locally produced or made by workers subject to fair labor practices may mislead consumers into thinking that such foods are low in calories, says a University of Michigan researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-consumers-fair-trade-foods-lower-calorie.html Health Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:40:02 EST news251105716 Jenny Wan-chen Lee, a graduate student in Cornell University's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, has been fascinated with a phenomenon known as "the halo effect" for some time. Psychologists have long recognized that how we perceive a particular trait of a person can be influenced by how we perceive other traits of the same individual. In other words, the fact that a person has a positive attribute can radiate a "halo", resulting in the perception that other characteristics associated with that person are also positive. An example of this would be judging an attractive person as intelligent, just because he or she is good-looking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-health-halo-effect-dont-food.html Health Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:12:56 EST news221659963