This Trial Aims to Assess the Effects of Three Different Taste-based Dietary Recommendations for Reducing Free Sugar Intakes on Free Sugar Consumption in UK High Free Sugar Consumers
NCT06925932 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180
Last updated 2025-06-12
Summary
This randomised controlled trial aims to assess the effects of three different taste-based dietary recommendations for reducing free sugar intakes on free sugar consumption in UK high free sugar consumers.
Conditions
- Dietary Behavior
- Free Sugar
- Sweet Taste
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL
-
Dietary advice - Sweet taste
Asked to reduce their free sugar intakes to \< 5%TEI and replace sweet foods and drinks that are high in free sugars with foods and drinks that are sweet but have no or low amounts of free sugars, e.g., sweet no- or low-free sugar foods, fruit, and no- or low-calorie sweeteners.
- BEHAVIORAL
-
Dietary advice - Taste
Asked to reduce their free sugar intakes to \< 5%TEI and replace sweet foods and drinks that are high in free sugars with foods and drinks that are non-sweet but are full of tasty flavours, e.g., non-sweet foods and drinks with nuts, herbs or spices.
- BEHAVIORAL
-
Dietary advice - No taste
Asked to reduce their free sugar intakes to \< 5%TEI and replace sweet foods and drinks that are high in free sugars with foods and drinks that are non-sweet and have no strong flavours, e.g., non-sweet plain foods and drinks.
Sponsors & Collaborators
-
Bournemouth University
lead OTHER
Study Design
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Model
- PARALLEL
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Sex
- ALL
- Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2025-05-01
- Primary Completion
- 2026-12-31
- Completion
- 2028-12-31
Countries
- United Kingdom
Study Locations
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