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kleer001 on July 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: McKinsey Advised Johnson and Johnson on Increasing...

How?

Find a natural experiment where two very similar populations, chosen at random, were placed into two different cohorts. I'm sure there's one somewhere in the recent and well documented past.

strombofulous on July 25, 2019 [–]

This study tested kids but it supports the argument you made, and it's pretty reasonable to assume it applies to adults as well. https://www.cbc.ca/news/kids-think-food-in-mcdonald-s-wrappe...

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