| Project: Smarter Choices Through Nutritional Report Cards Description |
| Award Year: 2010 |
| Amount of award, fiscal 2010: $30,000.00 |
| Institution: Cornell University |
| Principal Investigator: David Just |
| Status: Ongoing |
| Detailed Objective: This project will use behavioral economics theory of informational nudges and social norm effects to examine if nutritional report cards sent home to parents influence the amount of foods and type of foods that are selected by elementary school children. Nutritional report cards will use school cafeteria point of sale data to provide information on food selections children make at school. The study will take place in two elementary schools, with a treatment class receiving a weekly report to parents on items purchased by the child as well as the amount purchased relative to others within the class; the comparison class will not receive the weekly report. |
| Topic: Behavioral Economics, Child Nutrition, School Lunch and Breakfast |
Output:
Wansink, B., D. Just, R. Patterson, and L. Smith. “Nutrition Report Cards: An Opportunity to Improve School Lunch Selection," PLOS One, Vol. 8, Issue 10, October 2013.
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