http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/02/behavioral_econ.php All comments for Behavioral Economics and Your Waistline en-us 2007 jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:08:15 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jen@gothamist.com jen@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/02/behavioral_econ.php#comment-1085333 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/02/behavioral_econ.php#comment-1085333 Comments Thu, 03 May 2007 10:05:59 -0500 <p>The "Mindless Eating" link goes to the Wikipedia entry on behavioral economics... the real link is mindlesseating.org. His insights are excellent, and it's more about not succumbing to marketing than dieting.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/02/behavioral_econ.php#comment-1085067 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/02/behavioral_econ.php#comment-1085067 Comments Wed, 02 May 2007 19:33:39 -0500 <p>Behavioral eating seems like a cultural thing; given how we're bred in America to think that bigger is always better. That's capitalism for you. Still think Wall Street is a benevolent force for good? Got to hit those quarterly numbers!</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/02/behavioral_econ.php#comment-1084977 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/02/behavioral_econ.php#comment-1084977 Comments Wed, 02 May 2007 17:31:35 -0500 <p>On a recent trip to Japan I discovered several vending machines that vend large and small size soda for the same price. Behavioral eating seems like a cultural thing; given how we're bred in America to think that bigger is always better.</p>