FOODS: Food shOppers' sOcial meDia Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cognitive Restraint of Eating; Physical Activity; Eating Behaviour of Discretionary Foods; Body Weight
• Interventions: Behavioral: PACE plus calorie labelling information; Behavioral: Calorie-only labelling information

• Registration Number: NCT04657627
• Lead Sponsor: Loughborough University

Brief Summary

This study aims to assess the effects of a new approach to food labelling called physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labelling. PACE food labelling provides the public with information about how many minutes (or miles/kilometres) of physical activity (e.g. walking or running) are equivalent to the calories contained in foods.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-12-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-12-08
• Study Start: 2021-01-06
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-30
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Study Completion: 2021-10-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-07
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 103

Inclusion Criteria

• ≥ 18 years old.
• BMI of ≥ 18.5 kg/m2.
• ≤ 3kg weight loss in previous 6 months.
• Access and ability to use personal Twitter and/or Instagram account via own smartphone, computer or tablet device.
• Access to the internet.
• Access to a set of weighing scales.

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to read and understand English.
• Experienced in the last 12 months or currently undergoing any of the following conditions or illnesses: coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension, heart failure, stroke/transient ischaemic attack, atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), painful condition, dementia and cancer.
• Had bariatric surgery.
• Pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant in the next 12 months.
• Parallel participation in another weight, dietary or physical activity intervention study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PACE plus calorie information intervention group	PACE plus calorie labelling information	PACE plus calorie information intervention group will receive PACE plus calorie information of discretionary foods via social media posts.
Calorie-only information comparator group	Calorie-only labelling information	Calorie-only information comparator group will receive calorie-only information of discretionary foods via social media posts.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in eating behaviour of discretionary foods at 13 weeks	Pre-baseline (one time point prior to randomisation) and post-intervention (one time point after week 13)	Eating behaviour of discretionary foods will be assessed by a modified version of Online Food Frequency Questionnaire (eNutri FFQ), designed to measure habitual food intake. Participants will record frequencies of discretionary food and drink items eaten during the last month (e.g. "1/week" or "1/day").

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity	Pre-baseline (one time point prior to randomisation) and post-intervention (one time point after week 13)	Self-reported physical activity behaviour will be assessed using the 7-day International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
Cognitive restraint of eating	Pre-baseline (one time point prior to randomisation) and post-intervention (one time point after week 13)	A modified version (R18) of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) will be used to measure cognitive restraint.
Body weight	Pre-baseline (one time point prior to randomisation), mid-intervention (week 7) and post-intervention (one time point after week 13)	Weight will be self-reported via participants own weighing scales. Participants will electronically send via email photograph evidence of readings of their fasted morning weight from weighing scales, following standardised instructions.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Loughborough University; 🇬🇧 Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom