Survey of Diet and Health Beliefs

Completed

• Conditions: Dietary Guidelines

• Registration Number: NCT04858971
• Lead Sponsor: USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to better understand people's health and diet knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices. The researchers will use this information to implement better strategies to help Americans maintain more nutritious diets.

Detailed Description

The overall goal of this study is to determine whether there are differences in perceptions of healthy nutrition messages depending on from whom the message is coming. More specifically, the researchers aim to examine whether there are differences in how people perceive and intend to follow nutrition information that is coming from a variety of sources.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-04-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-21
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-26
• Study Start: 2021-06-21
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-24
• Study Completion: 2021-09-24
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

• US citizen
• have access to internet
• have an Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) account

Exclusion Criteria

• under 18 years of age
• no access to internet

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perception of health information	Baseline	Participants will rate the extent to which they trust the source of health information (i.e., the makers of the flyer) on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from not at all (1) to completely (7).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center; 🇺🇸 Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States