Glassware design and drinking behaviours: a review of impact and mechanisms using a new typology of drinking behaviours

Langfield, Tess ORCID: 0000-0003-0552-1019, Pechey, Rachel, Pilling, Mark A and Marteau, Theresa M (2022) Glassware design and drinking behaviours: a review of impact and mechanisms using a new typology of drinking behaviours. HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, 16 (1). pp. 81-103.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1842230

Abstract

Much of the global burden of disease is attributable to unhealthy behaviour, including excessive consumption of alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages. Developing effective methods to change these drinking behaviours could inform policies to improve population health. In line with an increasing interest in environmental-level interventions - i.e., changing the environment in which a behaviour occurs in order to change the behaviour of interest - this review first describes the existing evidence of the impact of glassware design (including capacity and shape) on drinking behaviours (e.g., at the 'micro' level - including sip size, as well as at the macro level - including amount consumed). The roles of two sets of possible underlying mechanisms - perception and affordance - are also explored. Finally, this review sets out a provisional typology of drinking behaviours to enable more systematic approaches to the study of these behaviours. While there is a paucity of evidence - in particular on measures of consumption - this growing evidence base suggests promising targets for novel interventions involving glassware design to reduce the consumption of drinks that harm health.<b>Trial registration:</b> ISRCTN.org identifier: ISRCTN10456720.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Choice architecture, glassware design, drinking, micro-drinking behaviours, affordance, perceptual effects
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2021 09:12
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:35
DOI:	10.1080/17437199.2020.1842230
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1842230
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3130800