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Impacts of Warning Labels on Ultra-Processed Foods

NCT06296355 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4000

Last updated 2024-10-15

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Summary

Purpose: The overall purpose of this study is to identify the impacts of an ultra-processed (UPF) health warning label and UPF identify warning label compared to a control label (i.e., a barcode).

Participants: \~4,000 US Latino adults of parental age (18-55 years), approximately 50% of whom will have limited English proficiency, recruited from a Latino-focused panel company.

Procedures: Participants will be randomly assigned to view food products with one of three label types: health warning labels, identity labels, or barcode control labels. Participants will be asked a series of questions about the products and the label they were assigned.

Conditions

  • Health Behavior
  • Diet, Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Warning Label

Message displayed on warning label is: "WARNING: Consuming ultra-processed food and drinks can cause weight gain, which increases the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes."

BEHAVIORAL

Identity Warning Label

Message displayed on warning label is: "WARNING: Ultra-processed food".

OTHER

Barcode Label

Barcode is displayed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-09
Primary Completion
2024-09-11
Completion
2024-09-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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