Hello and this week I'm reviewing some brand new research on the nutrition diva

podcast I'm your host Monica Reinagle and this week I'm reviewing some

brand new research on the types of strategies that are most

effective in changing people's behavior for the better. So if you've ever struggled to

change a bad habit or to develop a good one you won't want to miss this.

Could your eating habits be a little better?

Well, you're in good company.

Despite decades of haranguing by parents, health professionals, government agencies, and podcasters, the average American

is still taking in too much sugar, too many highly processed foods, and too few fruits and vegetables. We're taking in too many calories and too few nutrients.

As a result, we tend to be both overweight and undernourished.

The causes of these dietary indiscretions are well documented,

the proliferation of cheap high calorie and hyper-palatable food and beverages,

as well as the normalization of huge portion sizes. and superhuman effort and will power to not overeat.

The question is, how do we change all this?

Put calories on restaurant menus, hide the ice cream in the back of the freezer, serve dinner

on smaller dinner plates,

post healthy eating messages in cafeterias, break rooms, and on our refrigerators at home.

You name it, someone has tried it.

And many of these strategies work, at least a little. But are any

of them really making a dent? What are the most effective ways to encourage healthy behaviors that will ultimately result in improved health.

A pair of French researchers, Roman Cadario and Pierre Chandon, set out to find out.

They identified 96 different research studies that employed

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