Research paper
Higgs S, Thomas J. Social influences on eating. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2016;9:1-6. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.10.005
Why we cite it
Provides a comprehensive review of how social norms influence eating — integrating laboratory modelling studies, field evidence, social network analyses, and emerging neural data — while proposing a model (Figure 1) of normative eating behaviour that traces the path from norm sources through social comparison to norm matching, with implications for both obesity development and intervention design.