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Evaluation and comparison of the effectiveness of front-of-package labeling systems for pre-packaged and ultra-processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages in El Salvador

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Improvement on consumers' ability to correctly identify products with excessive amounts of sugars, fats, and sodium, to correctly identify the product option that is the least harmful to health, and to choose to purchase the least harmful choices or none of them options if they are all harmful.
Not Applicable
Registration Number
ISRCTN12389597
Lead Sponsor
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1216
Inclusion Criteria

Adults residing in El Salvador aged 18 years old or older

Exclusion Criteria

1. Visually impaired people
2. Persons unable to give informed consent
3. People who deny being part of this study

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> Measured by responses of participants to the stimuli in different experimental/control groups, and responses obtained from respondents by the interviewers by means of the application of a structured questionnaire after they were shown two-dimensional images of mock-up products:<br> 1. The participant's decision to buy products<br> 2. The correct identification of sugars, sodium and/or saturated fats found to be in excess in the products<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sociodemographic variables, including gender, age and education level by a structured questionnaire after seeing the mock-up products
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