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There were no effects on diet quality for the 'tax' and 'healthier substitute offers.'

Strategies such as taxing unhealthy foods and offering healthier substitutes may not improve diet quality.

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We found no effects on diet quality for the 'tax' and 'healthier substitute offers.'
Soye Shin et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · 2022

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Based on randomized full factorial design with a large sample size.

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Evaluation of Combinations of Nudging, Pricing, and Labeling Strategies to Improve Diet Quality: A Virtual Grocery Store Experiment Employing a Multiphase Optimization Strategy

Soye Shin et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · 2022

DOI 10.1093/abm/kaab115

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