Weight perception and weight management via information nudges

• Main Authors: WANG, Lanjie, ZHANG, Xuan, KIM, KOH Kanghyock
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Health behavior; Weight perception; Information nudge; Online survey experiment; Asian Studies; Health Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2777
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Being overweight or obese is a serious public health problem. Misperception of one's own weight status and inertia are major obstacles to weight control. To overcome these two problems, we conduct a randomized controlled trial in which participants are presented with the correct weight category...