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| Title |
The limits of defaults: why french fries trump apple slices
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-016-2061-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brian Wansink, David R. Just |
| Abstract |
Healthy default food choices have been suggested as a way to encourage better nutrition without restricting choice. Will they work with children and their favorite foods? A group of children, 6-8 years old, were treated to lunch at fast food restaurant on 2 days 2 weeks apart. On both days the children were served chicken nuggets and a drink. On the first day, half were given French fries unless they asked for apple slices and the other half were given apples unless they asked for fries. The order switched on the second day. When the default changed from fries to apples, 86.7 % opted out of the default to order fries. Defaults may be ineffective when children have a strong preference for the less healthy option. Allowing children to take both sides may lead to healthier consumption than constructing an artificial default choice. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 43% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 46 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 46 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 13% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 22% |
| Unknown | 8 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 11% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 11% |
| Psychology | 5 | 11% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 11 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 186. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 July 2016.
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#193,426
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Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#13
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#3,749
of 300,995 outputs
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#2
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