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A Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions Among Food Pantry Clients

NCT04011384 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 286

Last updated 2024-02-29

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Summary

Obesity, unhealthy dietary habits, and food insecurity are major public health concerns, especially affecting individuals living in poverty. Food pantries, which provide free food to those in need, are increasingly interested in promoting healthy choices, but few rigorous studies have tested healthy eating interventions in food pantry settings. The overall objective of this proposal is to conduct a randomized-controlled trial among 500 regular food pantry clients to compare the influence of a behavioral economic intervention to promote healthier food choices delivered via a web-based ordering platform to usual care (control group).

Conditions

  • Food Preferences

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral economic intervention of online purchasing at a food pantry

This intervention includes multiple behavioral economic interventions, healthy food shopping cart defaults, healthy placement choice architecture, traffic light nutrition labels, social norms messaging, and healthy swaps.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Connecticut

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina A Roberto, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-05
Primary Completion
2022-12-21
Completion
2022-12-21

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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