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Summary - Dieters Beware: Fat Mongers Have Set Traps in Your Grocery Store
Would you let your child wander alone through a dangerous neighborhood? Well, for an overeater, there is no neighborhood more dangerous than the grocery store. And compared to the army of manipulators lurking on every shelf, we are al
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
l like children.
Long ago, social psychologist Phillip Zimbardo created a mock prison in the basement of Stanford University to see what effects role play would have on healthy, upper class college students. What they found was that
Long ago, social psychologist Phillip Zimbardo created a mock prison in the basement of Stanford University to see what effects role play would have on healthy, upper class college students. What they found was that
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
the situation or context in which we find ourselves can so overwhelm one's individual will-power that the experiment had to be called off. Nice kids chosen by a coin toss to play at being guards of other nice kids chosen to play at be
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ing their prisoners were recreating real life-like strife normally only found in real prisons and concentration camps.
Western culture loves the fantasy of the totally independent, self-reliant heroic-individualist who ignores pressu
Western culture loves the fantasy of the totally independent, self-reliant heroic-individualist who ignores pressu
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
es of every sort to do the right thing. But the real story is that we humans are enormously vulnerable to situational pressures. If there are pictures of cookies on a bag we salivate like Pavlov's dogs. If the bag is located right at
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
eye level, we have vastly less self control than if it were lower down. If there is the right color paint on the store walls and the right volume of music in the air, we may have still less self control in making decisions about what
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
to buy and eat. Humans are highly sensitive to context.
Chris Anderson writes about how the deck is stacked against the naive, innocent (childlike?) shopper in his book "The Long Tail": "The shelf reflects the absolute state of the a
Chris Anderson writes about how the deck is stacked against the naive, innocent (childlike?) shopper in his book "The Long Tail": "The shelf reflects the absolute state of the a
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
t in retail science. The products on today's supermarket shelves are packaged and arranged according to stocking algorithms and the peaks of elastic demand curves. The optimal inventory distribution is recalculated each day in retail
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
chain headquarters and tuned in real time on the basis of check-out data."
This is a trap that has been set by scientists who know you better than you know yourself. When you go to the bad neighborhood of the grocery store: take a fr
This is a trap that has been set by scientists who know you better than you know yourself. When you go to the bad neighborhood of the grocery store: take a fr
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
iend. Use a list. Buy nothing you have not decided to buy before entering the enemy territory of the food-pushers.
Most couples or "dieting teams" will have one member who is less field-dependent; a person who eats and buys in a less
Most couples or "dieting teams" will have one member who is less field-dependent; a person who eats and buys in a less
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
impulsive and less situation-triggered way. This person can shop for the couple, or both parts of the team can shop together, providing social support to repel the secret strategies of the market. If you think quick sand is a danger i
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
n the jungle, try making down the candy and cookie aisle when you're on a diet! Either way, it's your own body weight that will pull you down.
Think about the subtle pressures imposed on the shopper who is striving for limitation and
Think about the subtle pressures imposed on the shopper who is striving for limitation and
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
weight reduction, or simply good health as Anderson continues: "These shelf-stocking models are designed to press every button we've got: satisfying existing demand, stimulating new demand, and extracting the highest possible sales f
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
rom the smallest space."
And you thought you were just stopping off for a quart of milk! That's why we leave the store with so much more than we went there to purchase. When the clerk asks what researchers told his bosses to require
And you thought you were just stopping off for a quart of milk! That's why we leave the store with so much more than we went there to purchase. When the clerk asks what researchers told his bosses to require
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
im inquire: "Did you find everything you needed?" the correct answer is generally, "Yes, and a hell of a lot more!"
The supermarket is not just a building with products for you to choose from. Your human tendencies and perceptual sty
The supermarket is not just a building with products for you to choose from. Your human tendencies and perceptual sty
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
les and neurological make-up were analysed and strategies designed to overwhelm your conscious choice. If this were seduction of another sort, the vice squad would be called out to every store every day.
Anderson explains that "Every
Anderson explains that "Every
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
dimension of the supermarket shelf has been studied, focus-grouped, and observed by retail anthropologists via hidden cameras [read Spying] and radio-frequency ID tags [read animal tracking methods of the hunter]. The retail shelf is
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
the frontline [as in a War] of an enterprise that accounts for nearly 60% of the American economy [read Greed with billions of dollars at stake so to hell with your weight and health] and the research industry [that's the industrial r
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
evolution vs. you] devoted to understanding it befits its importance [and erases yours!]." [Bracketed comments mine.]
You might want to take a friend, or grow your own food, or try hunting in the actual jungles for a safer setting, o
You might want to take a friend, or grow your own food, or try hunting in the actual jungles for a safer setting, o
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
r maybe just order food online for now... until your galvanic skin response-equipped keyboard is wired to measure your arousal rate at the sight of each snack food which is then automatically sent to your door. That's bound to be next
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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