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Abstract
This study examines the role that the right behavioral cues can play in changing lunchroom
habits and transitioning children towards healthier eating habits. We accomplish this by
encouraging middle school children to pre-select their meals using a web-based software
program where they are nudged by visual behavioral cues to make healthier food choices during
pre-ordering. Our research design allows us to separate the effect of pre-selection from the effect
of nudging on eating habits. We predict that pre-selecting lunch via the web based program with
in-built behavioral cues will result in an increase in the weekly selection of fruits, vegetables,
and low fat dairy.