Can Calorie Labels Increase Caloric Intake

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Food Consumption
• Interventions: Other: No calorie information; Other: Calorie information

• Registration Number: NCT01473225
• Lead Sponsor: Carnegie Mellon University

Brief Summary

This study is a test of possible mechanisms by which calorie labels might lead people to increase calorie intake. The investigators hypothesize that calorie labels might increase calorie intake because 1) people infer that higher calorie foods are tastier, 2) calorie labels invoke thoughts of dieting, leading people to overconsume as a reaction, 3) people try to maximize calories consumed per dollar spent, and 4) calorie labels change one's goal motivation toward food, causing people to eat more.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-16
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-17
• Primary Completion: 2014-09
• Study Completion: 2014-09
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be able to taste items used in study

Exclusion Criteria

• Food allergies to items used in study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
No calorie label	No calorie information	-
Calorie label	Calorie information	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Calories consumed	At time of intervention (30 minutes)	The investigators will assess how many calories are consumed by participants by weighing the cereal provided before and after participants complete the taste test portion of the study. This will happen within 30 minutes of the intervention, which is an experimental manipulation of whether or not calorie labels are present.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attitudes toward food	At time of intervention (30 minutes)	Using survey measures, the investigators will assess how people feel toward the food item they just tasted, rating it in terms of perceived tastiness, healthiness, overall quality, and value. These ratings will be on a Likert scale from 1-5.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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