The 'healthy = sustainable' heuristic: Effects of health and sustainability labels on perceived sustainability and healthiness of foods.

Appl Psychol Health Well Being · 2025 · PMC12120393 · PMID 40341779

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The difference between the effect of healthiness scores on sustainability ratings and the effect of sustainability scores on healthiness ratings (H 3 ) The z‐test testing whether there is a difference between the effect of healthiness scores on sustainability ratings ( r = .19) and the effect of sustainability scores on healthiness ratings ( r = .11) was marginally significant (z = 1.55, p = .06).

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