Making Calories Count: Information Format and Food Choice

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Provide menu with no visual cue but with calorie information; Behavioral: Provide menu with visual cue but no calorie information; Behavioral: Provide menu with visual cue and calorie information; Behavioral: Provide menu with no visual cue and no calorie information

• Registration Number: NCT01346449
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to better understand how individuals make decisions regarding the meals they order. Participants' ordering decisions at lunchtime at a chain restaurant will be recorded over several weeks to study ordering habits over time. Lunch menus will be provided by the study, and the menu format will vary the way in which information on caloric content is displayed.

The impact of different labeling formats on total calories in the chosen meal will be assessed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Study First Submitted: 2011-01-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-02
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-03
• Primary Completion: 2012-01
• Study Completion: 2012-01
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 292

Inclusion Criteria

• Customers of two chain restaurants

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Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to read a written menu

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Visual cue absent	Provide menu with no visual cue but with calorie information	-
Calorie information absent	Provide menu with visual cue but no calorie information	-
Calorie information absent	Provide menu with no visual cue and no calorie information	-
Visual cue absent	Provide menu with no visual cue and no calorie information	-
Calorie information present	Provide menu with visual cue and calorie information	-
Visual cue present	Provide menu with visual cue but no calorie information	-
Calorie information present	Provide menu with no visual cue but with calorie information	-
Visual cue present	Provide menu with visual cue and calorie information	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Calories chosen	One time only or 6 months	Total calories in food ordered for lunch

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight change	6 months	Half of the study participants will have the secondary outcome measure data collected and analyzed.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Carnegie Mellon University; 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States