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6
. Ibid.

7
. Ibid.

Chapter 13: Conclusion

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Index

Abilities, inequality of,
15

Accessibility.
See
Food accessibility

Addiction,
50

    
to alcohol,
125
,
126–127

    
definition of,
128

    
to drugs,
127
,
128

    
to food,
128–129

    
to tobacco,
127

Adolescents/teens,
86

    
and park programs,
174

    
and physical activity/exercise,
163–164

Advergames,
77

Advertising,
8
,
71
,
76–78

    
and adolescents,
86

    
and audiences,
77

    
and children,
76–77
,
85–86
,
95

    
cost of,
77

    
disdain for,
184–185

    
and impulsivity/impulsive behaviors,
85–86

    
influence of,
99

    
and mimicry,
65

    
and noncognitive processing,
86–87

    
and product placement,
76
,
100–101

    
and profits,
90

    
and sidebars,
96

    
and television,
76–77
,
95

    
See also
Marketing
;
Marketing techniques

Affective conditioning,
99

Africa,
102

African Americans,
77

Age limits,
139–140

Agricultural subsidies,
74

Alcohol outlets

    
drive-through,
135

    
government regulation of,
134

    
and restrictions on hours and days of operation,
134

Alcohol/alcohol consumption,
9
,
33
,
208

    
addiction to,
125
,
126–127

    
and children,
124

    
and chronic disease,
122–123
,
124

    
and drunkenness,
124
,
125

    
government regulation of,
122–123
,
125–126
,
127 (table)
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
141
,
147

    
government regulation of, as model for obesity control,
126–128
,
129

    
as healthful,
124

    
history of,
123–126

    
and impulse marketing,
132

    
as medicine,
124

    
and portion size,
121

    
and Prohibition,
126

    
and server training,
139

    
and taxes,
138

    
and warning labels,
138

The Alcoholic Republic
(Rorabaugh),
123

American Heart Association,
130

American Idol
(television program),
76
,
77

Americans with Disabilities Act,
187–188
,
190–191
,
192–193
,
194
,
195
,
208

Amnesiacs,
39

Applebee’s,
54

Assimilation, of immigrants,
64–65

Associations, extinguishing of,
101

Atmospherics, as marketing technique,
93–94

Automatic behavior.
See
Automatic processing

Automatic functioning,
18
.
See also
Automatic processing

Automatic processing/automaticity,
7
,
8
,
17
,
35–39
,
40
,
46
,
49–50
,
81
,
180–181

    
and advertising,
86

    
and impulse marketing,
134

    
and mere exposure conditioning,
99–100

    
and mimicking,
61

    
and portion size,
131

    
and Supermarket of the Future,
145

    
and triggers,
51

    
See also
Cognitive processing
;
Conscious awareness
;
Mindless eating
;
Noncognitive processing

Automaticity,
40
.
See also
Automatic processing

Auty, Susan,
100

Availability.
See
Food availability

Aversive conditioning

    
and weight loss,
102–103

    
See also
Conditioning

Back pain,
14
,
170
.
See also
Chronic disease
;
Disease

Bargh, John,
49

Barker, Roger,
51

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
(Chua),
24

Baumeister, Roy,
28–29

Behavior, rationalization of,
41–43

Behavioral settings,
51

Behavioral triggers,
16–17
,
43
,
50
,
51
.
See also
Subliminal triggers

Bellisle, France,
38

Benjamin, Regina,
14

Berridge, Kent,
96

Beverage industry

    
and mere exposure conditioning,
101–102

    
See also
Drinks

Beyoncé,
98

Big-box food stores,
80

Birch, Leanne,
24–25

Bloomberg, Michael,
130–131

Bogotá, Colombia,
175–176

Bottomley, Paul,
88

Brain activity

    
time sequence of action, conscious awareness and,
46–48
,
47 (fig.)

    
See also
Brain functioning

Brain functioning

    
and self-control,
26–27

    
See also
Automatic processing
;
Brain activity
;
Conscious awareness
;
Cognitive processing
;
Noncognitive processing

Branding,
86
,
97–99

    
and celebrity endorsement,
98

Brazil,
174

Breast cancer,
163
.
See also
Chronic disease
;
Disease

British Heart Foundation,
136–137

Bulk packaging,
80

Bulk quantities,
75

Bundling,
83

Bush, George H. W.,
194

California,
2
,
80
,
146

    
and alcohol, and impulse marketing,
132

    
and calorie-labeling,
54

Calorie-labeling,
54
,
121–122
.
See also
Labeling/labeling programs

Calories,
54–55

    
increase in intake of,
72
,
74

    
and recommended daily intake,
121–122
,
148

    
See also
Energy density

Canada,
138

Cancer,
4
,
14
,
123
,
146
,
147
,
163
.
See also
Chronic disease
;
Disease

Candy

    
and candy-free cash register checkout,
9
,
18
,
75
,
82
,
89
,
132–133
,
155
,
189

    
government regulation of,
9

Carbohydrates consumption, increase in,
74

Carbon footprint, of food,
149–150

Carl’s Jr.,
121

Cash register checkout, candy-free,
9
,
18
,
75
,
82
,
89
,
132–133
,
155
,
189

Celebrity endorsement,
98

Cellphones,
77

Central Park (NYC),
176

Cereal manufacturers,
77

Certification.
See
Government certification programs

Certified organic label,
159
.
See also
Labeling/labeling programs

Chadwick, Edwin,
110
,
112–113
,
115
,
116

Child-rearing practices,
24–25

Children

    
and advertising,
76–77
,
85–86
,
95

    
and alcohol consumption, history of,
124

    
and counter-advertising,
135–136

    
and park programs,
174

    
and physical activity/exercise,
163–164
,
167–169

    
and portion size, and food consumption,
51–52

    
and priming,
95

    
and self-control, capacity for,
23–27

“Children Can’t Fly” campaign,
197–198

Chili’s,
121

Christie, Chris,
14

Christo,
176

Chronic disease,
122–123
,
141
,
144

    
and alcohol/alcohol consumption,
122–123
,
124

    
prevention of, and government regulation,
158–160

    
warning notices for, and portion size,
132

    
See also
Disease
;
individual diseases

Chua, Amy,
24

Cialdini, Robert,
155

Cigarettes, taxes on,
141
(
see also
Tobacco/smoking
)

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