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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2025 Aug 5;216:108233. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108233

Table 1:

Main Findings

Approach N (Studies) N (Estimates) SMD τ 95% CIs p val

Overall 41 112 0.07 0.08 [0.02, 0.12] .007
Theory
Choice Architecture 2 3 0.21 0 [−0.99, 1.42] .267
Psychology 9 12 0.11 0.03 [−0.03, 0.24] .092
Persuasion 25 77 0.07 0.09 [0.01, 0.13] .023
Persuasion & Psychology 11 20 0.11 0.19 [−0.06, 0.28] .189
Types of Persuasion
Animal Welfare 16 65 0.03 0.04 [−0.02, 0.07] .189
Environment 16 29 0.09 0.12 [−0.02, 0.19] .095
Health 18 29 0.08 0.09 [−0.01, 0.17] .064

τ denotes standard deviation of population effects. Note that studies could occupy multiple categories for both theory and type of persuasion, that Ns for Types of Persuasion draw from both Persuasion and Persuasion and Psychology studies, and that some studies with multiple interventions are represented in multiple theoretical categories.