Costly curves? Overweight consumers spend more when reminded of thinness

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 13:42 in Health & Medicine

Popular media mirror Western culture's fixation with being thin. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, even subtle reminders of idealized bodies can encourage overweight consumers to overspend.

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