The science behind Smarter Lunchrooms
Institute of Psychology, Health & Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Nutrition, Psychiatry and Psychology, Public Health
- Keywords
- choice architecture, nudge, liberal paternalism, nutrition, childhood obesity
- Copyright
- © 2017 Robinson
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2017. The science behind Smarter Lunchrooms. PeerJ Preprints 5:e3137v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3137v1
Abstract
The Smarter Lunchrooms intervention approach aims to tackle childhood obesity by promoting healthier nutrition through the use of choice architecture or ‘nudge’ tactics in school lunchrooms. I reviewed research papers that were described by Cornell University as forming the evidence base for the Smarter Lunchrooms approach. Here I discuss concerns about the way that research informing the Smarter Lunchrooms approach has been conducted and disseminated. The widespread implementation of the Smarter Lunchrooms approach is discussed and the likely efficacy of this public health intervention is also considered.
Author Comment
This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.
