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Improving the Impact of Calorie Labeling Policies

NCT03892733 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 145

Last updated 2019-03-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Increased consumption of fast-food may be a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic. Posting calories on menus in fast-food restaurants is an important public health initiative and may help consumers to make lower calorie, healthier choices. This study will develop and test an intervention to improve the impact of calorie labeling policies. Further, the study will examine potential barriers to using posted calorie information

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

calorie health education knowledge and skills

45 minute intervention done by health educator to give participants skills to use calorie information posted in fast-food restaurants

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nichola Davis · New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-01
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

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