obesity
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Stakeholder and community engagement
Ignoring evidence affects UK’s ability to respond to major challenges
To address this, two key measures are proposed: involving citizens more actively in the policy-making process, and enhancing the accountability…
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Community
Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 3): Why it’s dangerous
Simplistic obesity messages have led to obese people being stigmatised which manifests as discrimination, social isolation, teasing, and bullying.
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Community
Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 2): Why it’s pseudoscience
Presenting evidence to show why advancing simplistic solutions in ignorance of complexity and compounding this ignorance through confirmation bias turns…
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Community
Simplistic solutions to complex problems turns behavioural science into a dangerous pseudoscience (part 1): Confirmation bias and complexity
High-profile Cornell University food researcher Brian Wansink has been found guilty of academic misconduct. How and why did this happen?
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Systems & complexity
Get the flu more than others? Take a look at your social networks
Writing in ABC Science, Dr Stephen Davis discusses the extent to which complex social networks influence how likely we are…
