The impact of food advertisements on changing eating behaviors: An experimental study |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychological Sciences and UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZA, UK;2. Nutrition and Behaviour Unit, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, UK;2. Department of Nutrition Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States;3. Get Healthy Philly, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
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Abstract: | This research examines how three types of food advertising (healthy food, unhealthy food, and anti-obesity) impact consumers’ purchases of lunch items. The analysis is based on an economic experiment conducted with 186 adult non-undergraduate student subjects, each of which were randomly placed into either the control group or one of four treatments: (1) healthy food advertising, (2) anti-obesity advertising, (3) unhealthy food advertising, and (4) mixed (all three food) advertising. The results indicate that healthy, anti-obesity, and mixed food advertising reduced intakes of total calories, fat, sodium, and carbohydrates. Similarly, anti-obesity, healthy, and mixed food advertising results in increasing the probability of selecting more healthy items and fewer unhealthy items from a menu. Healthy food advertising has a stronger impact than anti-obesity or mixed food advertising. |
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Keywords: | Food advertising Experimental economics Anti-obesity |
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