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Why Do We Waste so Much Food?
Cleaning out my refrigerator this week was not pretty. I found moldy leftovers, celery that had lost its snap, and cucumbers starting to liquify. Not only was it gross, but I felt really guilty…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Eating / MAY 10 2018
Using Social Norms to Increase Donations
Research conducted with: Ting Jiang, Judd B. Kessler, Greg Segal, Dan Ariely If you are like most people, there is a good chance your behavior is based on what you think others are doing….
Stopping Disease Outbreaks in 4 Steps, Lessons from a Former Disease Detective
This post was written by Thomas Breuer, MD, MSc, and originally published on LinkedIn. Twenty years ago, the city of Alpine, Wyoming had an E.colioutbreak that made 61 people ill, sent 19 to the hospital, and left…
Health, Health Management, Medical Decision-Making / APRIL 20 2018
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Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…
The Mbrella Calendar: Helping Kenyan Families Track Their Savings for Health Insurance
Mbrella is a charitable organization devoted to helping impoverished Kenyan families buy health insurance. Mbrella connects donors with Kenyan mothers and employs a number of behavioral interventions meant to help the mother gain enough…
Help us improve email
Dear friends, In thinking about how to improve email (something that gives us both joy and stress), I’d like to ask for your help. I’m trying to understand how people use email and what…