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- Academic publication
- 31st Jul 2023
The effectiveness of alcohol label information for increasing knowledge and awareness: a rapid evidence review
Effective alcohol labelling is an intervention that can be added to the broader suite of policy options
- Academic publication
- 19th May 2023
The impact of altering restaurant and menu option position on food selected from an experimental food delivery platform: a randomised controlled trial
This study tested whether repositioning foods and/or restaurant options in a simulated food delivery platform could help to reduce the energy content of users’ shopping basket.
- Blog
- 23rd Nov 2022
Quantifying the impact of obesity prevention policies in the UK
For children and adults in the UK, unhealthy food is in the spotlight everywhere. Online, on TV, in supermarkets - promotions and advertising put calorie-dense and unhealthy food centre stage. The promotion, affordability, availability and consumption of such foods are among the main drivers of obesity, a public health challenge that…
- Policy proposal
- 22nd Nov 2022
Putting health in the spotlight: quantifying the impact of obesity prevention policies in the UK
This report examines the impact of four obesity prevention policies in UK government, finding that their combined net benefit to the UK over 25 years is estimated to be over £76 billion.
- Blog
- 9th Apr 2021
Practicalities are the most significant impediments to people getting a COVID vaccine - and the easiest to address
People’s willingness to receive the coronavirus vaccine may not be enough to actually get it. Large intention-action gaps have long been observed in many health behaviours, and it’s likely that some practical barriers will get in the way for many groups. To pre-empt this intention-action gap, we ran an online…
- Blog
- 11th Jan 2021
Holding up our (behavioural) guard long enough for the vaccine to take hold
CEO David Halpern takes a look at who is willing to get the COVID-19 vaccines and what we can do to encourage their uptake.
- Blog
- 10th Nov 2020
A small number of people account for a large amount of coronavirus risk
Once lockdown ends, how compliant should we expect people to be with the guidance, in terms of limiting their number of risky social contacts? To estimate this, we ran a (pre-lockdown) survey about the social activities of 3,702 adults in England.
- Blog
- 21st May 2020
Behavioural Insights, the WHO and COVID-19
Last Thursday, the World Health Organization put out a clear statement: ‘behavioural insights are valuable to inform the planning of appropriate pandemic response measures’. We agree, and it’s great to see that the WHO has put out a specific behavioural insights tool for COVID-19 and is recruiting for expert advisors…
- Blog
- 19th Feb 2020
Making it easier to live a healthy life
We all know that it would be a good idea to eat more fresh fruit and veg and to cut down on Domino's Pizza and KFC. Yet faced with a choice between a delicious piece of cake or a raw carrot, our good intentions often go unfulfilled. How then are…
- Blog
- 14th Jan 2019
Behavioural insights and the Long Term Plan for the NHS
Last week the UK government published its Long Term Plan for the NHS, an ambitious programme of work to make the health service fit for the future, saving hundreds of thousands of lives, and adding 5 years to life expectancy by 2030.