Why do we buy the food we buy?

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has reviewed the research on food decisions and food shopping, and from that research has developed the following summary statements. We need your input to figure out how best to share the research with others.

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* 1. Food marketing works. Purchase patterns mirror companies’ food marketing expenditures more than consumer preferences.

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* 2. Ever snap out of deep thought and barely remember the last 5 miles you’ve driven? Shoppers, like drivers, rely on autopilot.

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* 3. Food manufacturers pay fees to have their foods placed strategically in grocery stores.

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* 4. Companies put sugary cereals with cartoon characters at kids’ eye level so they’ll request those cereals.

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* 5. What appears to be “choice” in the supermarket is often a sophisticated marketing strategy to generate impulse buys.

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* 6. Though we can (& do) resist temptations, factors like stress, distraction & fatigue make us vulnerable to impulse buying/eating.

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* 7. The ubiquity of unhealthy foods & drinks means that even occasional lapses in willpower can tip the scales toward overeating.

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* 8. Big Food persuades, lures & manipulates customers into making the very decisions that companies say should be up to them.

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* 9. Personal responsibility is important, but it doesn’t relieve companies from corporate responsibility.

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* 10. Retailers can set up their stores to support health or undermine it—there’s no neutral. They should choose public health.

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