How Consumerism Feeds Overeating
Ross Reynolds speaks with Kima Cargill, University of Washington Tacoma clinical psychology professor and author of “Psychology of Overeating: Food and the Culture of Consumerism."
Cargill sees overeating as related to consumerism: We want to consume less, yet we’re bombarded with messages to consume more.
As an example she points out the water bottle filling stations at SeaTac airport (a nudge to consume water) which have coffee shop ads that say “You deserve better than water” (a nudge to consume high-calorie coffee products).
