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Front of Pack Nutritional Labeling of Processed Foods Among Mexican Consumers

NCT04308408 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2105

Last updated 2020-03-17

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Summary

The effect of three front of pack (FOP) labeling schemes (Mexican Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA), Ecuador's Multiple Traffic Light (MTL) and Chilean Warning Labels (WL) in red) on purchasing intentions was evaluated using a randomized experiment of an online shopping simulation. The study employed an online grocery store developed for this purpose to simulate a shopping situation.

Conditions

  • Food Labeling

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guideline Daily Amounts

All food items displayed the corresponding GDA label in the lower left corner of the front of the package.

BEHAVIORAL

Multiple Traffic Light

All food items displayed the corresponding MTL label in the lower left corner of the front of the package.

BEHAVIORAL

Warning Labels

Food products were labeled with "High in" labels In the lower left corner of the front of the package. In total, 37 of the 60 food products in the shopping site did not display a WL.

BEHAVIORAL

Video

Participants viewed a short (less than 1 min) video explaining how to interpret the label.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alejandra Jauregui, ScD · Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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