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Brian Wansink

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June 28, 1960 in Sioux City, Iowa, The United States

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http://www.brianwansink.com/

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Social Sciences, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction

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Brian Wansink is an American professor in the fields of consumer behavior and nutritional science and is currently serving as the Executive Director of the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP), which is charged with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and with promoting the Food Guide Pyramid (MyPyramid).

Wansink is best known for his work on consumer behavior and food and for popularizing terms such as "mindless eating" and "health halos." His research has focused on how our immediate environment (supermarkets, packaging, homes, pantries, and tablescapes) influences eating habits and preferences. Wansink holds the John S. Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University. He is the autho...more

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Books by Brian Wansink

Average rating: 3.87 · 2,339 ratings · 561 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think 3.88 avg rating — 2,353 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Marketing Nutrition: Soy, Functional Foods, Biotechnology, and Obesity 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hap Slik Weg. Waarom we altijd meer eten dan we denken of willen 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Conditionnés Pour Trop Manger 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:
	Asking Questions: The Definitive Guide to Questionnaire Design -- For Market Research, Political Polls, and Social and Health Questionna by Norman M. Bradburn, Brian Wansink, Seymour Sudman 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Consumer Panels by Seymour Sudman, Brian Wansink 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Is Food Marketing Making Us Fat? by Pierre Chandon, Brian Wansink 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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“The best diet is the one you don't know you're on.”
― Brian Wansink, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think

tags: dieting , health

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