Clinical trials: Food Preferences
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
Food Preferences
A Trial of Behavioral Economic Interventions Among Food Pantry Clients
Obesity, unhealthy dietary habits, and food insecurity are major public health concerns, especially affecting individuals living in poverty.
- Trial name
- NCT04011384
- Testing
- Behavioral economic intervention of online purchasing at a food pantry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Food Preferences, Food Habits
Implementation of Innovative Food Prescription Programs in Older Adults
In the USA, about 10% of grown-ups have a hard time finding healthy food, like fruits and vegetables. It's even harder for older grown-ups who might be sick and find it tricky to move around, which makes it tough to get healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT06324630
- Testing
- Produce Prescription Delivery, Healthy Meal Kit Delivery, Produce Prescription Mobile Market
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University at Buffalo
Food Selection
Pilot Study Using a Wireless Motility Capsule
Research suggests dietary fiber may decrease transit time through the gastrointestinal tract. Research studies traditionally use radio-opaque markers to determine gastric emptying, colonic transit, and whole gut transit time.
- Trial name
- NCT01102894
- Testing
- SmartPill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Food Preferences, Appetitive Behavior
The Impact of the Physiological Response to Sugar on Brain Activity and Behavior
The goal of this pilot study is to test the feasibility of assessing how biological factors and chemical properties of sugars may influence metabolism and food reward in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT06015490
- Testing
- Sucrose drink, Glucose drink, Fructose drink
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Effects of Obesity Treatments on Food Preferences and Metabolism
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus are major health problems which are becoming a burden both for patients and health systems alike.
- Trial name
- FPS (NCT01724060)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Food Habits, Food Selection
University at Buffalo Campus Veggie Van Mobile Market
The goal of this observational study is to develop an adaptable mobile produce market model to be used on college campuses to increase college students' access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Trial name
- NCT06681909
- Testing
- UB Campus Veggie Van
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University at Buffalo
Food Selection
A Multilevel Intervention in the Hunger Relief Network to Improve Diet Among Adults Experiencing Food Insecurity
The investigator proposes an evaluation of a randomized, sustainable intervention in 8 intervention and 8 control pantries. We will enroll a sample clients at the food pantry at baseline and follow them for 1 year to assess…
- Trial name
- SuperShelf (NCT03421106)
- Testing
- Intervention Food Pantries, Control Food Pantries
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 504 people
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
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
Repeated Sweet Food Consumption
Repeated Sweet Breakfasts and Subsequent Sweet Food Preferences and Intakes
This study will assess the impact of repeated sweet breakfast consumption versus repeated non-sweet breakfast consumption on subsequent sweet and non-sweet food preferences and intakes
- Trial name
- NCT03442829
- Testing
- Sweet food consumption, Non-sweet food consumption
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bournemouth University
Nutrition, Food Selection
Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels
The goal of this study is to determine whether certain front-of-package food labeling systems improve the healthfulness of consumers' grocery selections.
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Food Selection, Food Preferences, Dietary Habits
- Trial name
- NCT06516627
- Testing
- Positive Labels, Spectrum Labels, FDA High In Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,002 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Repeated Sweet Food Consumption
Repeated Sweet Consumption and Subsequent Sweet Food Preferences and Intake
This study will assess the impact of repeated sweet versus non-sweet food consumption on subsequent sweet and non-sweet food preferences and intakes
- Trial name
- NCT03427658
- Testing
- Sweet food consumption
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bournemouth University
Food Selection, Nutrition
Food Swaps to Improve the Healthfulness and Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Grocery Purchases
The study aims to determine whether viewing health or climate labels (or both) and receiving recommendations for healthier or more climate-friendly swaps (or both) in an online grocery store environment improves the healthfulness…
- Conditions
- Food Selection, Nutrition, Food Preferences, Dietary Habits
- Trial name
- NCT06648226
- Testing
- Health swaps, Climate swaps, Combined health and climate swaps
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Obesity
Food Preference Following Bariatric Surgery
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) decreases appetite, caloric intake, glycemia, and body weight, all of which are maintained long term.It is controversial whether, after RYGB, patients choose to eat less high fat and sugary foods…
- Trial name
- NCT03363581
- Testing
- Food Preference
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Obesity
Considering Patient Diet Preferences to Optimize Weight Loss
Obesity is increasingly common and can lead to decreased quality of life, increased medical and psychiatric illness, high health care costs, and early mortality.
- Trial name
- DietChoice (NCT01152359)
- Testing
- Choice, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diet, Healthy, Food Security
Food Pantry Client and Staff Preferences for Nutritious no Prep Ready-to-eat Meals
The specific aims of this pilot study are: Aim 1) To identify whether no prep ready to eat meals (intervention) or ingredient bundles (control) have higher client acceptability, liking, satisfaction, and perceived diet quality…
- Trial name
- NCT05593510
- Testing
- No prep ready-to-eat meals, Ingredient bundles (e.g. meal kits)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Food Selection
Climate Impact Label Design and Fast-Food Meal Selection
The primary objective of this study is to test the relative effects of climate-impact menu label designs on the healthfulness of consumers' fast-food meal choices.
- Trial name
- NCT06678178
- Testing
- Control (QR) Labels, Warning High Climate Impact Labels, Traffic Light Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,622 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dietary Behavior
Toddler Tastes Study
The goal of this study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of two food preference learning approaches for toddlers that could serve as alternatives to mere repeated exposure to new or previously disliked foods.
- Trial name
- TTS (NCT06877468)
- Testing
- Associative conditioning, Modeling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Obesity
Investigation of the Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Taste Reward in Humans
The investigators hypothesize that some of these changes in the reduced appetite after surgery may be due to alterations in taste.
- Trial name
- NCT01531738
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Food Selection
Encouraging Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Substitutions
The aim of this study is to examine emerging adults' responses to dietary substitution messages about health, the environment, or both health and the environment.
- Trial name
- NCT06175026
- Testing
- Health messages, Environmental messages, Health and environmental messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,753 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University