New research using AI finds that trendy, unique-looking foods generate less social media engagement than traditional, normal-looking foods.
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New research found that consumers were less likely to buy a product associated with pleasure if marketers emphasized it was developed with science.
Many school lunchbox products are now heavily marketed as promoting gut health. The limited regulation of such claims leaves it to parents and carers to assess whether they really stack up.
Rather than focusing on single foods for ‘gut health’, we’re better off having a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.
Tab was Coca-Cola’s first foray into the diet soda market. Though the brand went on to build and maintain a legion of devoted fans, its days are numbered.
Nearly 40% of Americans are obese, and the numbers are climbing. The U.S. needs to get serious about solutions.
A food heath labelling system Australia and New Zealand introduced five years ago is under review and needs a significant overhaul to make it useful for consumers looking for healthy options.
History shows the targets of product tampering bounce back, often with sales stronger than before.
How do foods break into new niches and global markets? US cranberry growers, saddled with large surpluses and working to boost demand for their product, could take a lesson from soybeans.
Bombarded with unhealthy offerings by the food industry, we blame and shame ourselves for gaining weight. But is it really our fault, or are we being “entrapped?”
New research shows how marketers get away with making their food look and sound healthier than it really is.
With the “eating-to-go” habit here to stay, healthier fast food chains have an important role to play in ensuring healthy food options are available.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Director of Cancer Programs, Cancer Council NSW; PhD Candidate in Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Dietetics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Associate Head Research Performance and Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Berry Chair of New Technologies in Marketing and Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Nutrition Project Officer at Cancer Council NSW and PhD Student in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sydney
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Dean and C.Erwin and Ione L.Piper Chair of the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
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Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
