Obesity in America has led to many problems such as the healthcare system becoming in debt, and many bills have been left unpaid. Medical research suggests that people should eat less, but some people are not willing to. While living in America, portion sizes keep getting bigger, rather than smaller, such as with all-you-can-eat buffets. Many common people want to eat better, but with a lack of motivation, it is usually easier to fall into the trap of eating the normal portions. Research now shows that with the use of the “happy meal”, customers actually choose the smaller meal even with the use of inexpensive items as incentives, such as in the experiments with headphones, gift cards or flight points, and small amounts of prize money.
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and 11 p.m for one day. Researchers decided to conduct this last experiment, since, in the two previous experiments, the participants did not have to pay for their food. The participants were the shop’s adult customers that ordered sandwiches; over this time, six hundred and twenty-six customers came to the shop, but only five hundred and sixty-five were able to participate due to some customers ordering other things than the six inch or twelve inch sandwich and some were under eighteen. The dependent variable was the full-sized portion choice while the independent variable was the magnitude of the nonfood incentive. Controlled variables included gender, age, hunger levels, and height. Participants were randomly assigned to three conditions such as full-sized sandwiches versus half-sized sandwiches with a ten dollar lottery ticket, full-sized sandwiches versus half-sized sandwiches with a fifty dollar lottery ticket, or full-sized sandwiches versus a half-size sandwich with a one-hundred dollar lottery ticket. Both of the sandwiches were priced at five dollars. After ordering, the customer would draw from a bag of seventy tennis balls, and a winning number was inside. The only customer that one any of the lottery ticket was someone who one the hundred-dollar lottery ticket. The result in the order of the different conditions that chose the full-sized sandwich was 88%, 92%, and
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and 11 p.m for one day. Researchers decided to conduct this last experiment, since, in the two previous experiments, the participants did not have to pay for their food. The participants were the shop’s adult customers that ordered sandwiches; over this time, six hundred and twenty-six customers came to the shop, but only five hundred and sixty-five were able to participate due to some customers ordering other things than the six inch or twelve inch sandwich and some were under eighteen. The dependent variable was the full-sized portion choice while the independent variable was the magnitude of the nonfood incentive. Controlled variables included gender, age, hunger levels, and height. Participants were randomly assigned to three conditions such as full-sized sandwiches versus half-sized sandwiches with a ten dollar lottery ticket, full-sized sandwiches versus half-sized sandwiches with a fifty dollar lottery ticket, or full-sized sandwiches versus a half-size sandwich with a one-hundred dollar lottery ticket. Both of the sandwiches were priced at five dollars. After ordering, the customer would draw from a bag of seventy tennis balls, and a winning number was inside. The only customer that one any of the lottery ticket was someone who one the hundred-dollar lottery ticket. The result in the order of the different conditions that chose the full-sized sandwich was 88%, 92%, and