| Behavioral economics: merging psychology and economics for lifestyle interventions. | |
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PMID: 23332337 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The field of behavioral economics combines psychology and economics to investigate how individuals actually behave as opposed to how they would behave if they were being perfectly rational (as in the sense of maximizing their utility). Although initial applications focused on consumer behavior, such as explaining why people failed to save adequately for retirement, the field has moved increasingly into the area of explaining health behaviors as well as the design of lifestyle interventions, such as weight loss and smoking-cessation programs. This article provides an overview of several important behavioral economics concepts of relevance to public health and health behavior change. |
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Tryggvi Thorgeirsson; Ichiro Kawachi |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: American journal of preventive medicine Volume: 44 ISSN: 1873-2607 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Prev Med Publication Date: 2013 Feb |
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Created Date: 2013-01-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8704773 Medline TA: Am J Prev Med Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 185-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2013 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pediatrics, National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. Electronic address: tryggvi@post.harvard.edu. |
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