Sugar Sweetened Beverage Labeling Support

Consumer Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Sugar Sweetened Beverage Labeling Support

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02947802
• Other study ID #: IRB16-1585
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2016
• Est. completion date: November 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Harvard University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is an online survey assessing consumer support for different labeling policies related to sugar sweetened beverages. The investigators will present consumers with three labels that are being considered for sugar sweetened beverages: a calorie label, a text warning label that says "Warning drinking beverages with added sugar(s) can lead to health problems like obesity, diabetes and tooth decay" and a graphic warning label that includes graphic images to correspond with each of the health problems listed with the text warning. The investigators will ask participants their support for each label. The investigators will also see if support for the labels change after learning of the effectiveness of these labels. The investigators will share the results of a recent field study that suggested calorie and textual warning labels had no influence on the purchasing of sugar sweetened beverages while the graphic label decreased purchasing by 11 percent.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: November 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The investigators will recruit a nationally representative sample using ClearVoice, a company that recruits online survey takers. Exclusion Criteria: -

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Consumer Behavior

Intervention

Other:
• Effectiveness of Labels in Reducing Purchasing of Sugar Sweetened Beverages
In one of our parallel assigned conditions participants will receive additional information (e.g., an intervention) of effectiveness information. These consumers will learn how effective these labels were in reducing the purchasing of sugar sweetened beverages in a recent study.
• Control condition
In one of our parallel assigned conditions participants will receive no additional information and be asked to rate their support for the label.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Harvard University	Cambridge	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Harvard University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Rate Support of a Label on a 1 (not at all) to 7 (a great deal) Scale.	Participants will rate their support of the label on a 1 (not at all) to 7 (a great deal)	Immediately following the presentation of the labels.