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a nutriscore critique: addendum

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@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ To make matters worse (problem number four?)---this is yet another label that is
> Thus far, no study of the application of the effect of the application of a full-coloured Nutri-Score on food labels in a whole supermarket assortment exists, so the efficacy of Nutri-Score in a realistic supermarket setting is unknown.
Conducting such a study right now would introduce a lot of bias since supermarkets are throwing discounts into the wager. Are you buying that healthy muesli because of its label or because it's cheaper? Perhaps the nudging effect introduces a shame-effect: who wants to be seen as the person with a cart full of alarmingly reddish D labels? Perhaps that might just do the trick.
Conducting such a study right now would introduce a lot of bias since supermarkets are throwing discounts into the wager. Are you buying that healthy muesli because of its label or because it's cheaper? Perhaps the nudging effect introduces a shame-effect: who wants to be seen as the person with a cart full of alarmingly reddish D labels? That might just do the trick!
However, we're still not fixing the core of the problem: getting people more involved with what they eat. If you really want to eat healthy, you'll have to invest time in getting to know your raw ingredients and produce. Where does it come from? How do I combine this with that? Does all that fat in this chocolate really matter? Should I never eat cake with real butter ever again?