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More Coverage of Our Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Research
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Behavioral Science of Eating (in One Picture!)
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The Journal of the Association for Consumer Research (yes, there is such a thing!) had an outstanding issue dedicated to eating behavior recently. Here is a picture from that issue worth sharing: