News tagged with behavioral economics
Child fruit consumption up with pre-slicing in schools
(HealthDay)—Schools that use fruit slicers to pre-slice fruit report increased fruit sales, more fruit eaten, and less fruit wasted, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal of ...
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Apr 29, 2013 |
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Smarter lunchrooms make lunch choices child's play
In January 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture passed a series of regulations designed to make school lunches more nutritious, which included requiring schools to increase whole grain offerings and making students ...
Pediatrics
Feb 22, 2013 |
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Study finds incentive price for reducing HIV risk in Mexico
Studies have found that conditional cash transfer programs, in which governments pay citizens if they consistently practice societally beneficial behaviors, have improved pediatric health care and education ...
HIV & AIDS
Feb 04, 2013 |
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More than one of every three Hoosiers who drink alcohol admits to bingeing, study finds
More than a third of the adult population in Indiana who consume alcohol admit to regular binge drinking, a habit that may cause severe neurological and physiological damage, says a new report from Ball State University.
Addiction
Jan 11, 2013 |
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Greed, not generosity, more likely to be 'paid forward'
Paying it forward - a popular expression for extending generosity to others after someone has been generous to you - is a heartwarming concept, but it is less common than repaying greed with greed, according to new research ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2012 |
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New behavioral strategies may help patients learn to better control chronic diseases
One of the most important health problems in the United States is the failure of patients with chronic diseases to take their medications and do all that is necessary to control their illnesses.
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Nov 27, 2012 |
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Reducing 20/20 hindsight bias
You probably know it as Monday-morning quarterbacking or 20/20 hindsight: failures often look obvious and predictable after the fact—whether it's an interception thrown by a quarterback under pressure, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Systematic incarceration of African American males is a wrong, costly path
Mental health experts from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine have released the first comprehensive report on the correlation between the incarceration of African American males and substance abuse and other health ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 11, 2012 |
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How food marketers can help consumers eat better while improving their bottom line
Food marketers are masters at getting people to crave and consume the foods that they promote. In this study authors Dr. Brian Wansink, co-director of the Cornell University Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition ...
Health
Oct 11, 2012 |
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Look at smoking preferences reveals 'left-digit' price effects
(Medical Xpress) -- Georgia sold 544 million packs of cigarettes in 2010, earning $201 million in state tax revenue. New research from the University of Georgia suggests a $1 tax increase would decrease consumption by 20 ...
Addiction
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Seeing certain foods prompts kids to eat healthier
(Medical Xpress) -- Just because healthful foods are available in school cafeterias doesn't mean children are going to eat them, but in some cases, the very presence of such foods as whole fruit may actually prompt kids to ...
Health
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Innovative, automated strategies to engage patients at home are key to improving health outcomes
In a Perspective piece published Online First this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, a group of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania propose a multi-pronged approa ...
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Jun 20, 2012 |
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Study: Many genes of small effect influence economic and political attitudes
(Medical Xpress) -- Unrelated people who are more similar genetically tend to have more similar attitudes and preferences, reports a new Cornell study published May 7 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The fi ...
Genetics
May 31, 2012 |
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Obesity accounts for 21 percent of medical care costs
(Medical Xpress) -- Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. health care costs -- more than twice the previous estimates, reports a new Cornell study.
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Apr 05, 2012 |
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Exercise has charms to soothe a savage boss
lying, making fun of you in public and generally putting you down, he or she may benefit from some exercise, according to a new study by James Burton from Northern Illinois University in the US and his team. Their work shows ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2012 |
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