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The Effects of Social Media on Food Intake and Behaviour

NCT02948816 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2017-10-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Participants will be exposed to 3 conditions, in random order:

1. A Facebook page where 70% of posts are related to food.
2. A Facebook page where only 20% of posts are related to food.
3. A control condition (colouring quietly).

During each of the above conditions participants will be provided with identical snacks. The snacks will be weighed before and after each condition, to determine whether there is a change in food intake across the 3 conditions.

Conditions

  • Sedentary Lifestyle
  • Hunger
  • Eating

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Facebook

Participants will spend 30 minutes on a Facebook page that is primarily non-food related posts.

BEHAVIORAL

Facebook + Food

Participants will spend 30 minutes on a Facebook page that is food related posts.

BEHAVIORAL

Colouring

Participants will spend 30 minutes colouring quietly.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Prince Edward Island

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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