Recent research by Matthew Rousu, Richard O'Connor, and Maansi Bansal-Travers has found that, in surveys, overweight people will report their health as being worse when they are first asked to report their weight. However, when they are not first asked to report their weight, overweight people are likely to report that they are healthier.
This finding would suggest the presence of
status quo
bias
priming
effects
framing
effects
intertemporal
decision-