A school cafeteria can feature delicious smells, eye-catching snacks, and distracting friends—all of which can lead a hungry student to select less healthy choices when buying lunch. However, preordering meals ahead of time (such as at the start of the …
Favorite Familiar Faces: How to Use Branding and Priming to Promote Healthy Foods
Kids often imitate their role models—many of whom are pop culture icons such as cartoon characters, superheroes, or puppets from TV. Companies capitalize on this love of recognizable characters to draw kids to their products, including unhealthy junk foods. Researchers …