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A Default Option for Health: Improving Nutrition Within the Financial and Geographic Constraints of Food Insecurity

NCT04186533 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2019-12-04

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Summary

Food insecurity is associated with an increased risk of obesity. The availability of a default option (i.e., option a consumer selects if no active choice is made) has been shown to effectively nudge consumer behavior. An online default option (i.e., prefilled grocery shopping cart) was previously shown to positively impact the food purchases of individuals with food insecurity.The present study aims to extend these findings bye examining efficacy of an online default option in enhancing the nutritional quality of online grocery purchases in individuals with food insecurity over the course of a month.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Default Option

The default option is a behavioral economics construct that refers to the option a consumer selects if no active choice is made (e.g. opt-out 401K plans, which significantly increase enrollment, compared to active sign up). Participants in the default condition were presented with a prefilled online shopping cart containing groceries that met nutritional requirements based on participants' gender and age.

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition Education

The nutrition education materials were adapted from materials currently utilized by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Education Program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

    collaborator FED

  • University at Albany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julia M Hormes, PhD · University at Albany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-09
Primary Completion
2018-05-29
Completion
2018-06-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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