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Warning Labels and College Students' Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diet, Healthy
Interventions
Behavioral: Sugar-sweetened beverage warning label
Registration Number
NCT04435145
Lead Sponsor
University of Michigan
Brief Summary

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are one of the few dietary items causally linked to the development of obesity and chronic disease. SSB consumption among young adults are particularly concerning, because of the high levels of consumption and the influence of disease risk in later life. College students, particularly freshmen, are a captive audience when it comes to dietary consumption because many of them consume their meals in residential dining halls. We are currently working with Michigan Dining to implement warning labels on SSB fountain dispensers to examine whether carefully tailored signage could alter beverage choices of college students. The current study aims to assess changes in dietary intake before and after the labels are posted, in a representative sample of University of Michigan students who eat at residential dining halls.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1067
Inclusion Criteria
  • Currently enrolled student at the University
  • Visited one of three large dining halls at least 100 times in the first 1.5 months of the academic year
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Exclusion Criteria
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
InterventionSugar-sweetened beverage warning labelSugar-sweetened beverage warning label
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Beverage Intake Questionnaire-15Four months

The primary outcome is the mean servings of sugar-sweetened and non-sugar-sweetened beverages consumed in the past 30 days, as measured by a validated questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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