Why telling people they could get sick in the future won't persuade them to be healthy now
- Written by Adam Bulley, PhD Student in Psychology, The University of Queensland
Eating a delicious doughnut now seems more rewarding than the nebulous concept of "better future health". from www.shutterstock.com
Everyone knows smoking, consuming too much sugar and drinking too much alcohol will harm our long-term health – but many of us do these things anyway. Why?
Of course, we may simply decide not to worry about the...