Comparing Calories at Fast Food Restaurants

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Fast Food Restaurant

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01357434

RAND2010-0808

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rating systems are intended to guide consumer choices. This project will determine if a previously developed scale that evaluates the "healthiness" of a restaurant is correlated with the actual choices consumers make when they patronize the restaurants. The study will also assess whether a restaurant marketed as "healthy" (Subway) rates higher on this scale than another restaurant that makes no such claims (McDonald's). Finally, the investigators will compare the calorie purchases from these two restaurants among youths and their families who eat at each of the restaurants.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 21 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 12-21 Year Olds that live in local area
• Like to eat at Subway and McDonald's

Trial design

97 participants in 1 patient group

Adolescents

Description:

Participants 12-21 years old.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fast Food Restaurant