The Behavioral Economics of Healthy and Sustainable Food Consumption

Gerrit Antonides

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83928-4_9

The Behavioral Economics of Healthy and Sustainable Food Consumption

Gerrit Antonides^*

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This chapter provides an overview of the behavioral economics and the psychology of consumer decision-making regarding healthy and sustainable food. This is in the context of targets for sustainable levels of food consumption set by policy makers having not been met even though there is consensus about its detrimental environmental effects. Alternative ways of changing food diets in more healthy and sustainable directions have been based on behavioral and psychological insights in consumer decision-making. Such insights include knowledge about the effects of social norms, discounting of delayed consequences, neglect of sustainability and health information, and nudging. This has contributed to less traditional types of policy making regarding food consumption, for example, by using social influence, changing defaults of consumer choice, and emotional appeals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Constructing a More Scientific Economics
Subtitle of host publication	John Tomer's Pluralistic and Humanistic Economics
Editors	M. Altman
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	9
Pages	169-195
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030839284
ISBN (Print)	9783030839307, 9783030839277
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83928-4_9
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2022

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Name	Palgrave Advances in Behavioral Economics (PABE)
ISSN (Print)	2662-3846
ISSN (Electronic)	2662-3854

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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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The Behavioral Economics of Healthy and Sustainable Food Consumption. / Antonides, Gerrit.
Constructing a More Scientific Economics : John Tomer's Pluralistic and Humanistic Economics. ed. / M. Altman. Springer, 2022. p. 169-195 (Palgrave Advances in Behavioral Economics (PABE) ).

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