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29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Obesity Prevention Program Based on Fuzzy-Trace Theory Bolsters Healthy Values in Adolescents

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • David Garavito
    Cornell University
  • Valerie Reyna
    Cornell University
  • Lindsay Dower
    Cornell University
  • Robert Rong
    Cornell University
  • Priscila Brust-Renck
    Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Abstract

Using fuzzy-trace theory, we created and tested a curriculum, GistFit, aimed at promoting healthy values and behaviors related to fitness and nutrition. As predicted, subjects who completed GistFit subsequently showed greater endorsement of healthy values and greater perceived benefits of regular exercise when compared to subjects in a control condition.

Judgment and Decision Making

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