FOP Nutrition Label in Campus Cafeteria

University of Paris 13

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food Labelling

Treatments: Behavioral: Front-of-pack labelling Nutri-Score

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03336151

CROUS_NICE2C

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the impact of the introduction of a front-of-pack nutrition label on foods and beverages sold in a campus cafeteria in France on the nutritional quality of purchases.

Full description

The introduction of front-of-package nutrition labelling is thought to help consumers making healthier food choices at the point-of-purchase.

Recently, the French government has selected the Nutri-Score as single front-of-pack nutrition label.

Evaluations of the Nutri-Score suggest it is in helping consumers making healthier choices. However, its impact in vulnerable populations has not yet been tested. Students are thought to be a vulnerable population due to their limited resources and to their unhealthy food choices.

The objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of the introduction of the Nutri-Score in campus cafeterias on the nutritional quality of food purchases. The intervention is conducted during several months, with a control period without front-of-pack nutrition labelling at the beginning of the university year.

Data on purchases is collected regularly through receipts, and the nutritional quality of purchases is evaluated over time between the intervention situation and the control situation.

Enrollment: 119,219 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All subjects purchasing foods or beverages in the selected campus cafeteria

Exclusion criteria

• None No individual data is collected. Only purchases data is collected (cash register sales data)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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119,219 participants in 1 patient group

Front-of-pack labelling Nutri-Score

Experimental group

Description:

Introduction of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label on every food and beverage in the campus cafeteria after a control period without food labelling. The implementation of the label is accompanied by a communication campaign towards students in the form of posters and leaflets.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Front-of-pack labelling Nutri-Score