Can Calorie Labels Increase Caloric Intake

Carnegie Mellon University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Food Consumption

Treatments: Other: Calorie information; Other: No calorie information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01473225

P30AG034546 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a test of possible mechanisms by which calorie labels might lead people to increase calorie intake. The investigators hypothesize that calorie labels might increase calorie intake because 1) people infer that higher calorie foods are tastier, 2) calorie labels invoke thoughts of dieting, leading people to overconsume as a reaction, 3) people try to maximize calories consumed per dollar spent, and 4) calorie labels change one's goal motivation toward food, causing people to eat more.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be able to taste items used in study

Exclusion criteria

• Food allergies to items used in study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Calorie label

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Calorie information

No calorie label

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: No calorie information