How To Encourage Good Food Choices: Nudges

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NPR talks about “nudging” as a new method to attract consumers to choose healthy options. We’re all familiar with the neatly stacked soda and the tortilla plus chips display in supermarkets.

This is a sales tactic which tends to make goods look interesting to people and it’s easy to reach. Because of the presentation, people feel encouraged to buy these things. We know that this tactic is so effective – there are a lot of food banks around the country that use this strategy.

Food Pantries Try Nutritional Nudging To Encourage Good Food Choices

You see “nudging” all of the time at the grocery store, but you probably don’t realize it. Think 12-packs of soda stacked in a pyramid near the register, or tortilla chips and salsa placed side-by-side at the end of an aisle. Read more…

Healthy Food Bank Hub tells us that in delivering nutrition education, it varies for every person. That’s why they’re sharing their strategies on how to target people and how to involve them in healthy practices.

One of these strategies involves “nudges.” We all choose what we eat because of factors that influence us. It could be due to personal choice and the price. However, research informs us that it’s more than that. Environmental cues or “nudges” such as signs, colours and packaging are all factors that contribute to consumer preference.

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Food banks and other emergency food providers use a wide range of nutrition education strategies – from handouts to classes – to promote healthy food choices in the communities they serve. Read more…

Feeding America suggests nudging as a way to alleviate hunger during summer. Families look forward to summer, naturally, as the children won’t have to attend classes and they get to spend more time with their parents. This also raises the concern how parents can give their child an extra healthy meal at home.

Nudges mean making small changes to the environment at home. It can take the form of a simple redesign in your kitchen or neatly stacking cabbages in an attractive container. Studies have shown that this method greatly improved healthy consumption.

Nudging Nutritious Foods to Help Alleviate Summer Hunger

To help alleviate summer hunger, food pantries throughout the nation are implementing a variety of strategies to encourage the families they serve to select the nutritious foods they need to lead active, healthy lives. One approach to encouraging healthy foods choices is known as a “nudge,” which may not be so obvious or what you expect. Read more…

No matter what season it is, it’s important that we encourage our family and kids to take the first step when it comes to nutrition. A healthy habit goes a long way.

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