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Making Calories Count: Information Format and Food Choice

NCT01346449 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 292

Last updated 2017-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to better understand how individuals make decisions regarding the meals they order. Participants' ordering decisions at lunchtime at a chain restaurant will be recorded over several weeks to study ordering habits over time. Lunch menus will be provided by the study, and the menu format will vary the way in which information on caloric content is displayed.

The impact of different labeling formats on total calories in the chosen meal will be assessed.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Provide menu with visual cue and calorie information

Menu to be provided prior to placing the food order.

BEHAVIORAL

Provide menu with visual cue but no calorie information

Menu to be provided prior to placing the food order.

BEHAVIORAL

Provide menu with no visual cue but with calorie information

Menu to be provided prior to placing the food order.

BEHAVIORAL

Provide menu with no visual cue and no calorie information

Menu to be provided prior to placing the food order.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Julie Downs, PhD · Carnegie Mellon University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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