Clinical trials: Food Labelling
Diet, Healthy
Testing Ultraprocessed Food Labels in Chile
The goal of this experiment is to examine the effects of a warning label signaling that a product is ultraprocessed among a sample of Chilean parents.
- Trial name
- NCT06842680
- Testing
- Control, Ultraprocessed warning label
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Food Preferences
Online Study of the Effects of Sugary Drink Warning Labels on Consumption
The aim of this study is to determine the degree to which sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) warning labels increase consumers' knowledge about the potential health harms of SSBs and reduce SSB purchases and consumption.
- Trial name
- NCT05079477
- Testing
- Exposure to sugar-sweetened beverage warning labels, Exposure to calorie information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Eating Behaviour of Discretionary Foods
Understanding the Impact of Physical Activity Calorie Equivalent (PACE) Labelling in Secondary Schools
The aim is to undertake a cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of PACE food labelling in reducing young people's purchasing of discretionary foods in secondary school canteens.
- Trial name
- NCT05623618
- Testing
- PACE labelling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loughborough University
Diet, Healthy, Food Selection
Effect of kcal and PACE Labelling on Self-served Portion Size
Participants will take part in an online survey. They will be asked to choose the amount of food they would like to eat based on pictures of 18 dishes sequentially displayed on the screen.
- Trial name
- NCT04340804
- Testing
- Kcal labelling, PACE labelling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Consumer Behavior, Diet, Food, and Nutrition
FoodFLIP: Testing the Effectiveness of a Food Information App to Promote the Selection of Healthier Foods
There is a lot of confusion when it comes to understanding nutrition information on food packages, thus making it difficult for consumers to choose healthy products.
- Trial name
- NCT02814604
- Testing
- Nutrition Rating Systems
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,008 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Nutrition Labeling, Tax Policy
Supermarket Labelling and Taxation Study
Participants will be assigned to one of four conditions: (i) nutrient warning labelling and no taxation, (ii) nutrient warning labelling and taxation, (iii) current traffic light labelling and taxation or (iv) a control condition…
- Trial name
- NCT07339982
- Testing
- Labelling, Taxation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 829 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Food Preferences
Restaurant Menu Carbon Footprint Labeling
This online randomized clinical trial will test the effects of restaurant menu carbon footprint labels on consumers' choices and perceptions of restaurant menu items.
- Trial name
- NCT05592340
- Testing
- Exposure to calorie information, Exposure to carbon footprint information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,389 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Diet, Healthy
Front-of-package Label Effects in Latine and Limited English Proficiency Populations
The goal of this experiment is to examine the effects of 4 types of front-of-package food labels among a sample of Latino adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06293963
- Testing
- Guideline Daily Amounts label, Interpretive text-only label, Interpretive magnifying glass icon label
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Obesity, Overweight
A Cafeteria Based Study of Weight Gain Prevention
The dramatic rise in overweight and obesity during the past several decades can be explained by environmental changes that foster increased energy intake and decreased energy expenditure.
- Trial name
- Cafeteria (NCT00573482)
- Testing
- REDE, control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Nutrition Poor, Obesity
Increasing Availability of Lower Energy Meals vs. Menu Energy Labelling on Food Choice
Two randomized control trials examining human food choice (i.e. selection of high energy 'unhealthy' foods vs. selection of healthier foods).
- Conditions
- Nutrition Poor, Obesity, Diet, Healthy, Food Selection
- Trial name
- NCT04336540
- Testing
- Menu configuration (presence of energy labelling), Menu configuration (more lower energy options added)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,091 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Food Preferences
Preventing Non-communicable Diseases in Guatemala Through Sugary Drink Reduction
Sugar-sweetened beverages are a significant contributor to adult and childhood obesity in Guatemala. Policies to place health warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages are being pursued, but there is little empirical data on…
- Trial name
- NCT04022694
- Testing
- Exposure to beverage health information, Exposure to beverage calorie information
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 628 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Diet Quality
Understanding Food Choices
This study aims to use the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) to build and optimize a multi-component intervention that improves diet quality.
- Trial name
- NCT04632212
- Testing
- Explicit Tax, Food Labels (with the summary of healthiness of shopping baskets & targets), Ordering
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 756 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Self-Efficacy, Food Choices
Nutrition Labelling Education Program in Socioeconomically Vulnerable Areas - PILOT STUDY
Front-of-pack nutrition labels (FoPLs) have been adopted in many countries to help consumers rapidly assess the nutritional quality of foods and to encourage healthier choices.
- Conditions
- Self-Efficacy, Food Choices, Understanding of Front-of-pack Labeling
- Trial name
- PEANUTS-PILOT (NCT07531849)
- Testing
- Peanuts
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Paris 13
Food Labeling
Building on a Point-of-purchase Intervention to Encourage Healthy Food Choices
This study builds on the framework of a previously implemented color-coded food labeling intervention in a hospital cafeteria by testing the incremental effectiveness of providing employees with individual feedback and incentives…
- Trial name
- NCT01604499
- Testing
- Feedback letters, Feedback plus incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,672 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Calorie Consumption
Clinical Trial of Menu Labeling
The current study sought to examine the effect of menu labeling on food ordering and food consumption, including the effect of displaying calories along with other nutrients, such as sodium, fat, and sugar, as well as in…
- Trial name
- NCT01948752
- Testing
- Nutrition information on menus
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 661 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
Health Behavior
Visual Attention to Text and Pictorial Food Labels: An Eye Tracking Experiment
The goal of this study is to examine attention elicited by icon, text-only, and control front-of-package food labels. The study also aims to explore whether English language proficiency moderates the impact of icon vs.
- Trial name
- NCT05958888
- Testing
- Text only sodium label, Icon sodium label, Pictorial sodium label
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Food Labelling
Impact of a Front-of-pack Nutrition Label on the Nutritional Quality of Purchases in Campus Cafeterias
This study evaluates the impact of the introduction of a front-of-pack nutrition label on fods and beverages sold in a campus cafeteria in France on the nutritional quality of purchases.
- Trial name
- 5-C CROUS (NCT02663401)
- Testing
- Front-of-pack labelling 5-CNL
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Paris 13
Consumer Research, General Population
Attidutes and Understanding of Oat Fibre Claims on Food Labels
Oat fibre consumption has been shown to lower blood cholesterol, which is advantageous for heart health. Oat and fibre claims on food labels should help people find heart healthy food choices; however consumer attitudes and…
- Trial name
- NCT01932827
- Testing
- Mock Package Questionnaire
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,002 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Food Preferences, Hunger
The Effect of Food Labelling and Satiety on Individuals Food Choice
Previous research has shown that nutritional knowledge is a key indicator in healthy eating choices, but real-life examinations of the associations between both nutritional knowledge and state of hunger and satiety on…
- Trial name
- NCT03537781
- Testing
- Food labelling versus no food labelling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St Mary's University College
Diet Quality
Understanding Food Choices (Aim 2)
This study aims to use the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) to build and optimize a multicomponent intervention that improves diet quality.
- Trial name
- NCT05537337
- Testing
- Multicomponent Intervention
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 487 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School