New technologies aimed at nudging large numbers of individuals towards healthier behavior (e.g., fitness trackers, wearables, A.I.-based health coaching) increasingly focus on allowing users to track their own health goal-directed behavior on an ongoing basis, in the hope to boost their...

Five experiments show that less physical involvement in obtaining food leads to less healthy food choices. We find that when participants are given the choice of whether or not to consume snacks that they perceive as relatively unhealthy, they have a greater inclination to consume these snacks...