Changing Restaurant Portion Size Descriptions to Encourage Selection and Intake of Smaller Meals: a Field Experiment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 101,481
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Average kcal per entree sold
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this this intervention is to test the degree to which a portion size labeling intervention influences consumer selection of smaller portions at two large cafés. The main question it aims to answer is: Do consumers order fewer calories when the portion size label for the smaller entree is called "standard" instead of "small"?
Participants will order lunch as usual in the two cafes (one intervention, one control) for 5.5 months, and all order items will be recorded in the check-out system. One cafe will receive the labeling intervention, while the other will not. Researchers will compare the average calories per order between the two cafes to see if there are differences.
详细描述
The investigators will work with two cafés that will start offering two size options for their entrées. The cafés will go through three phases: a baseline phase where there are two portion sizes and no intervention (6 weeks), an intervention phase where the portion size labeling strategy will be implemented (7 weeks), and then a final phase where the portion size intervention is removed (7 weeks). During the baseline period, the smaller-sized entrée will not receive a label, and the larger-sized entrée will be called "Large." During the intervention period for the control café, labeling will stay the same, but in the intervention café, the smaller size will be labeled "Standard" and the larger size will be called "Large." In the post-intervention period, the smaller-sized entrée in the intervention café will have no label so that it resembles the control café.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •All customers who make a lunch purchase at the cafes
排除标准
- •Purchases made outside of lunch service.
结局指标
主要结局
Average kcal per entree sold
时间窗: Daily sales data for 5.5 months
The primary outcome will be the average kcal per entrée purchased.
次要结局
- Number of entrée units purchased(Daily sales data for 5.5 months)
- Total kcal per transaction(Daily sales data for 5.5 months)
- Weekly gross sales(Daily sales data for 5.5 months)
研究者
Sophia Hua
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
