The power of behavioural nudges tailored to plant-based dishes when eating out

H Dagevos, D Taufik, MJ Reinders, R Rood… - Plant-based food …, 2024 - Elsevier
Restaurants constitute a potentially impactful setting to stimulate consumption of plant-based
dishes, at the expense of meat dishes, as meat is relatively dominant in restaurants in terms …

Effectiveness of a theory-informed documentary to reduce consumption of meat and animal products: three randomized controlled experiments

MB Mathur, JR Peacock, TN Robinson, CD Gardner - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several societal issues could be mitigated by reducing global consumption of meat and
animal products (MAP). In three randomized, controlled experiments (n= 217 to 574), we …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability considerations are not influencing meat consumption in the US

SM Downs, EV Merchant, J Sackey, EL Fox, C Davis… - Appetite, 2024 - Elsevier
The consumption of animal-source foods, and particularly red meat from ruminants, is a
major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater use, and loss of biodiversity …

Developing messages to encourage healthy, sustainable dietary substitutions: A qualitative study with US emerging adults

AH Grummon, AB Zeitlin, CJY Lee - Appetite, 2024 - Elsevier
Prior research shows that adopting simple dietary substitutions (eg, replacing beef with
poultry or plant-based entrees) can improve dietary quality and reduce the negative …

[HTML][HTML] A diet-related health prompt with the Swiss Food Pyramid as a nudge to reduce meat consumption

S Zumthurm, A Stämpfli - Food Quality and Preference, 2024 - Elsevier
High meat consumption in Western societies is a major contributor to climate change,
environmental damage, and health costs. One way to reduce meat consumption is through …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnic differences in meat consumption attitudes, norms and behaviors: A survey of White, South Asian and Black ethnic groups in the UK

EN Çoker, R Pechey, SA Jebb - Appetite, 2024 - Elsevier
A reduction in meat consumption is necessary to mitigate negative impacts of climate
change and adverse health outcomes. The UK has an increasingly multi-ethnic population …

Social norms and young adults' self-reported meat and plant-based meal intake: Findings from two online cross-sectional studies

MA Sharps, S Raghoebar, H Coulthard - Appetite, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant-based eating is beneficial for human and planetary health. It is important to identify
factors which may encourage people to reduce meat, and increase plant-based meal intake …

Shifting norms, static behaviour: effects of dynamic norms on meat consumption

A Aldoh, P Sparks, PR Harris - Royal Society Open …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While decreasing their meat consumption is one of the most impactful behaviours an
individual may carry out to reduce their carbon emissions, it is still a minority behaviour in …

Testing the effect of descriptive dynamic social norm messages on meatless food purchases in Aotearoa New Zealand and UK university food outlets

V Patel, M Mirosa, NJ Buckland - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
A reduction in meat consumption is urgently needed to address multiple harms related to the
environment, animal welfare, and human health. Social norm interventions have been found …

Normative information can induce biased choice toward delayed larger rewards in adulthood

T Goto - Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research has revealed that observing or learning about others' choices can change
individuals' choice of delayed rewards. To extend these findings, the present research …