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Deficits in self-control increase the likelihood of ‘unhealthy’ eating and drinking behaviours. Although beliefs about the self are recognised as a key determinant of behaviour in social psychology, there has been little examination of how beliefs about self-control impact on the likelihood of acting in a self-controlled manner. One hypothesis is that the extent to which individuals regard being self-controlled...
Social norms influence food choice and intake and could be exploited to promote healthier eating. Here we test the effect of two types of social norm messages on consumption of fruit and vegetables (FV) in low and high consumers of fruit and vegetables. Young adults (n=75) read a poster that either (1) stated that other young adults regularly eat FV (descriptive social norm) or (2) stated that other...
Social norms have been shown to influence food intake. Although social norms approaches have been adopted to reduce binge drinking, whether social normative information could be used to encourage ‘healthier’ food choices has not been examined. The present study investigated whether exposing participants to social norm messages about vegetable consumption increases choice and intake of vegetables as...
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