Published January 2026
Behavioral Nudges Research List
The Evidence Base for Behavioral Nudges & Defaults in Food Choice
Since Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler introduced the concept in their landmark 2008 book Nudge, a robust body of empirical research has documented how choice architecture interventions systematically shape human behavior, including what we eat, how much, and why. This page is a living repository of that evidence, compiling and continuously updating peer-reviewed studies, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and institutional reports on behavioral science nudges and defaults in food choice, updated regularly to reflect the latest published findings.
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