FOODS: Food shOppers' sOcial meDia Study

Loughborough University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Cognitive Restraint of Eating; Body Weight; Eating Behaviour of Discretionary Foods

Treatments: Behavioral: Calorie-only labelling information; Behavioral: PACE plus calorie labelling information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04657627

1544

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to assess the effects of a new approach to food labelling called physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labelling. PACE food labelling provides the public with information about how many minutes (or miles/kilometres) of physical activity (e.g. walking or running) are equivalent to the calories contained in foods.

Enrollment: 103 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥ 18 years old.
• BMI of ≥ 18.5 kg/m2.
• ≤ 3kg weight loss in previous 6 months.
• Access and ability to use personal Twitter and/or Instagram account via own smartphone, computer or tablet device.
• Access to the internet.
• Access to a set of weighing scales.

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to read and understand English.
• Experienced in the last 12 months or currently undergoing any of the following conditions or illnesses: coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension, heart failure, stroke/transient ischaemic attack, atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), painful condition, dementia and cancer.
• Had bariatric surgery.
• Pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant in the next 12 months.
• Parallel participation in another weight, dietary or physical activity intervention study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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103 participants in 2 patient groups

PACE plus calorie information intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

PACE plus calorie information intervention group will receive PACE plus calorie information of discretionary foods via social media posts.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PACE plus calorie labelling information

Calorie-only information comparator group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Calorie-only information comparator group will receive calorie-only information of discretionary foods via social media posts.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Calorie-only labelling information