Social Influences on Adolescents' Snack Purchases

Food Consumption Clinical Trial

Official title:

Social Influences on Adolescents' Snack Purchases

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00875472
• Other study ID #: DB#2306
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 2, 2009
• Last updated: April 2, 2009
• Start date: June 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2008

Study information

• Verified date: April 2009
• Source: University at Buffalo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of peer influences on snack purchases in adolescents. During the session teens will be given a certain amount of money to use to purchase foods and beverages in a hypothetical convenience store setting.

The investigators hypothesize that overweight youth will be less responsive to own-price elasticity for high calorie foods and less likely to show cross price elasticity for low calorie foods when the price of the high calorie for nutrient foods increases. The investigators also predict that overweight youth will show more cross price elasticity for low calorie foods when in the presence of peers; whereas lean youth's food purchases and price sensitivity will not be affected by the presence of peers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2008
• Est. primary completion date: December 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Boys and girls ages 12-14

• Youth must have at least a moderate liking of study foods used

• Youth must be at or above the 15th BMI percentile

Exclusion Criteria:

• Youth should have no dietary restrictions

• Youth should have no food allergies

• Youth should have no medical conditions that alter the body's ability to absorb nutrients or that can otherwise influence the participants' response to food

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Food Consumption
• Social Influences

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University at Buffalo, Division of Behavioral Medicine	Buffalo	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University at Buffalo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,