The Effectiveness of PACE Label on Reducing Food Consumption and Increasing Physical Activity Levels

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: PACE label

• Registration Number: NCT05143515
• Lead Sponsor: Loughborough University

Brief Summary

Background: More people are at the risk of chronic disease as the prevalence of obesity increases. It is therefore essential to find ways of helping consumers to make a lower calorie food choice. Current evidence indicates that current food labelling is changing food choices and consumption, but it is of limited effectiveness. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling on food selection and consumption using a randomised experimental design in pop-up café. Method: This study as a randomised controlled experimental trial (RCT) was conducted in a research kitchen at Loughborough University. Participants were blinded to the exact purpose of the study and randomised to either exposure to PACE labelling plus calorie food labelling or calorie labelling only and asked to select food/drinks for their consumption, in the pop-up café up to a maximum value cost of £10. The study outcomes were the amount of money spent, the number of calories selected, and the amount of food consumed after exposure to the two different types of food labels.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-07-04
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-30
• Study Completion: 2019-07-30
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-03
• Last Update Posted: 2021-12-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• at least 18 years old
• healthy

Exclusion Criteria

• allergic to the foods in the pop up café
• chronic disease such as insulin-dependent diabetes
• BMI lower than 16 kg/m2.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PACE Label group	PACE label	This group used the PACE label plus calorie label to help participants to know about the number of minutes of walking or running required to burn off the calories in food and drinks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Calorie Intake	Immediately after the intervention	The researchers used a digital scale to weigh the original remaining food to the nearest 0.1 gram. The name of food items, the number of calories in each item selected, and the weight of leftover (using calibrated food weighing scales) was recorded for each participant. They were to ensure that all participants had finished eating and left the lab before weighing the remaining food.
The International Physical Activity Questionnaires(IPAQ)	24 hours after the intervention	24-hour physical activity questionnaire was sent to them via email one day after the experiment.
Money Spent	Immediately after the intervention	Participants had £10 to spend in the pop-up café and they could eat the food they selected in a private social eating room. The total money they spent were measured when they left the lab.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Loughborough University; 🇬🇧 Loughborough, Leicester, United Kingdom