The Effect of Food Labelling and Satiety on Individuals Food Choice

St Mary's University College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hunger; Food Preferences

Treatments: Behavioral: Food labelling versus no food labelling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03537781

SMU_SHAS_2018_01.

Details and patient eligibility

About

Previous research has shown that nutritional knowledge is a key indicator in healthy eating choices, but real-life examinations of the associations between both nutritional knowledge and state of hunger and satiety on individuals' food choice of healthy vs unhealthy snacks is limited.

The present study aims to investigate whether the presence of nutritional information on food labels will affect participants' food choice when hungry and when satiated.

Full description

Previous research has shown that nutritional knowledge is a key indicator in healthy eating choices, but real-life examinations of the associations between both nutritional knowledge and state of hunger and satiety on individuals' food choice of healthy vs unhealthy snacks is limited.

As there is currently little research combining these facets, it would be interesting to investigate whether individuals who are provided with food labelling information would choose unhealthy snacks when hungry as than when satiated and whether this would differ for those who are not provided with food labelling information.

Based on this, the present study aims to investigate whether the presence of nutritional information in the form of food labels will affect participants' food choice when hungry and when satiated. The General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire will be used to assess participants baseline nutritional knowledge and will be used as a covariate in the research project.

Enrollment: 112 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Male and females aged 18-65 years old; in general good health; not known allergies and any medical conditions (e.g. heart disease, asthma)

Exclusion Criteria: Those who are currently following a weight loss diet; have food allergies and any medical conditions which might restrict their food intake

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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112 participants in 4 patient groups

Food label available, hungry state

Experimental group

Description:

foods will be displayed with food labels present and when participants had nothing to eat

Treatment:

Behavioral: Food labelling versus no food labelling

food label available, satiated

Experimental group

Description:

foods will be displayed with food labels present and when participants had already eaten breaksfast

Treatment:

Behavioral: Food labelling versus no food labelling

food label unavailable, hungry state

Experimental group

Description:

foods will be displayed without food labels present and when participants had nothing to eat

Treatment:

Behavioral: Food labelling versus no food labelling

food label unavailable, satiated

Experimental group

Description:

foods will be displayed without food labels present and when participants had already eaten breakfast

Treatment:

Behavioral: Food labelling versus no food labelling