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Science and Technology Committee Behaviour Change Written Evidence Contents Memorandum by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (BC 82) ............................................................... 7 Memorandum by Advertising Association (BC 102) ..................................................................................... 20 Memorandum by Ajinomoto (BC 99) .............................................................................................................. 26 Memorandum by Professor Kevin Anderson, Mr Dan Calverley and Dr Alice Bows, University of Manchester (BC 140) .................................................................................................................. 31 Memorandum by the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) (BC 58) ........................................... 37 Memorandum by the Astarte Programme (BC 92) ....................................................................................... 40 Memorandum by Professor Thomas Baldwin, University of York (BC 66)............................................. 46 Letter from Professor Erik Bichard, the University of Salford (BC 23) ................................................... 51 Memorandum by Dr Alison Bish and Professor Susan Michie, University College London (BC 29) .................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Memorandum by Mr Donald Bowler (BC 120) ............................................................................................. 63 Memorandum by the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership (BC 59) ....................................................... 67 Memorandum by the British Academy (BC 78) ............................................................................................. 72 Supplementary memorandum by the British Academy (BC 134) .............................................................. 77 Memorandum by the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) (BC 22) .................................................................................................................................................... 81 Memorandum by the British Heart Foundation (BC 48) ............................................................................. 86 Memorandum by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) (BC 47) ............................................................... 92 Memorandum by the British Psychological Society (BC 105) ..................................................................... 99 Memorandum by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) (BC 77) ........................... 118 Memorandum by Mr Eric Britton, New Mobility Agenda and World Streets (BC 142) ................... 123 Memorandum by Cambridge Weight Plan (BC 49) ................................................................................... 130 Memorandum by the Camden Weight Loss Research Team (CAMWEL) (BC 44) ........................... 135 Memorandum by The Campaign Company (TCC) (BC 89) .................................................................... 142 Letter from Professor Martin Caraher, City University London (BC 19) ............................................ 146 Memorandum by the UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) and the Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU), Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge (BC 139) ......................................................................................................................................... 150 Memorandum by Centro (BC 137) ............................................................................................................... 159 Letter from Mr Kelvin Chan, University of Cambridge (BC 55) ............................................................. 165 Memorandum by Professor Robert Cialdini, Arizona State University and Steve Martin, Influence at Work (BC 13) .............................................................................................................................. 169 Memorandum by Claradan and ClaradanMetrics (BC 60) ........................................................................ 175 Memorandum by Dr John Coggon LLB, PhD, University of Manchester (BC 93) .............................. 179 Memorandum by Dr Adam Corner, Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor Nick Pidgeon and Professor Greg Maio, Cardiff University (BC 31) ....................................................................................... 184 Memorandum by Joan Costa-Font, London School of Economics (BC 3) ............................................ 190 Memorandum by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) (BC 39) ................. 193 Memorandum by Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC) (BC 130) ....................................................................... 196 Memorandum by Cycle to Work Alliance (BC 143) ................................................................................. 203 2 Memorandum by Andrew Dapaah, Tinashe Chirenje, Ann Paraiso, Vivienne Richards, Lucy Reynolds and Kazira von Selmont, Leicester University Medical Students (BC 112) ........................ 205 Memorandum by Andrew Darnton, AD Research & Analysis Ltd (BC 86) ......................................... 218 Memorandum by the Development Education Association (DEA) (BC 63) ........................................ 229 Memorandum by Dr Diane Dixon and Professor Marie Johnston (BC 9) ........................................... 232 Memorandum by Professor Paul Dolan, Dr Dominic King, Dr Robert Metcalfe, Dr Ivo Vlaev (BC 103) ............................................................................................................................................................... 236 Memorandum by Do Something Different Behaviour Change Programme (BC 18) ......................... 241 Memorandum by Dr Mike Esbester, Oxford Brookes University (BC 113) ........................................ 244 Memorandum by Sandy Evans, ProHealthClinical (BC 69) ........................................................................ 252 Memorandum by Dr. Bennett Foddy and Dr. Eric Mandelbaum, Oxford University (BC 56) ......... 260 Memorandum by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) (BC 73) .......................................................... 264 Letter from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) (BC 16) ........................................................................... 269 Memorandum by Friends of the Earth and Campaign for Better Transport (BC 145) ...................... 273 Memorandum by Dr Benjamin Gardner and Dr Phillippa Lally, University College London (BC 68) ................................................................................................................................................................. 278 Memorandum by the Gateway Family Services (BC 12) ........................................................................... 283 Memorandum by Global Action Plan (BC 51) ............................................................................................. 285 Memorandum by Green Alliance (BC 107) ................................................................................................. 292 Letter from Greener Journeys’ (BC 129) ..................................................................................................... 299 Memorandum by Professor Frances Griffiths, University of Warwick (BC 34) .................................. 301 Memorandum by Halton and St Helens – NHS Health Improvement Team (BC 26) ....................... 303 3 Memorandum by the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) (BC 87) ...................................................... 305 Memorandum by Health and Well-Being Alliance (BC 4) ........................................................................ 314 Memorandum by Health, Exercise, Nutrition for the Really Young (HENRY) (BC 62) .................... 316 Memorandum by HERD Consulting, Mark Earls and Dr Alex Bentley, Durham University (BC 104) ............................................................................................................................................................... 320 Letter from the Home Office (BC 144)........................................................................................................ 325 Memorandum by Institute for Government (BC 100) .............................................................................. 334 Memorandum by Interaction (BC 40) ........................................................................................................... 338 Memorandum by the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) (BC 91) .............. 347 Memorandum by Professor Peter John, University of Manchester (BC 8) .......................................... 350 Memorandum by Dr Rhys Jones, Dr Jessica Pykett and Dr Mark Whitehead, Aberystwyth University (BC 65) ............................................................................................................................................. 354 Memorandum by Keep Britain Tidy (BC 70) ............................................................................................... 360 Memorandum by Mr Robert Langford, Telford and Wrekin Community Health Services (BC 35) ................................................................................................................................................................. 365 Memorandum by Leeds Metropolitan University,
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