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NCT02804503 Clinical Trial

The Effect of Menu Labels on Calories Ordered in Hispanics

Food Selection Clinical Trial

Official title:
The Effect of Menu Labels on Food Choices in Hispanics

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data
NCT number NCT02804503
Other study ID # CT2016MS1
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received June 14, 2016
Last updated June 14, 2016
Start date November 2014
Est. completion date June 2015

Study information
Verified date June 2016
Source Texas Christian University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Federal Government
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Most studies on menu labels have been conducted in mostly non-Hispanic white individuals, and how menu labels affect calories and macronutrients ordered in Hispanics is not clearly understood. This study evaluated the impact of menu labels on calories and macronutrients ordered in Hispanics.

Description:

According to review studies, calorie labels on menus is not effective in reducing the number of calories ordered or consumed. Adding contextual information such as the energy needs per meal or interpretive information such as minutes of walking needed to burn the food calories or rank-ordering the food items from the lowest to the highest calorie content may be more effective in making food selections with fewer calories. Most studies on menu labels have, however, been conducted in mostly non-Hispanic white individuals, and how menu labels affect food choices in Hispanics in not well understood. This study evaluated the impact of menu labels on calories and macronutrients ordered in Hispanics by randomly assigning the participants to a menu with no labels (no labels), a menu with rank ordered calorie labels and a statement on the energy needs per meal (calorie labels), and a menu with rank ordered exercise labels (exercise labels). Calories and macronutrients ordered by the participants was assessed.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Completed
Enrollment 372
Est. completion date June 2015
Est. primary completion date June 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Hispanics ages 18 through 65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Not being able to read and write in either English or Spanish; pregnant or lactating women.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Calorie Labels
Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.
• Exercise Labels
Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.
• No Labels
Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.

Locations
Country Name City State
United States Meena Shah Fort Worth Texas

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Texas Christian University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (3)

Long MW, Tobias DK, Cradock AL, Batchelder H, Gortmaker SL. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of restaurant menu calorie labeling. Am J Public Health. 2015 May;105(5):e11-24. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302570. Epub 2015 Mar 19. Review. — View Citation

Sinclair SE, Cooper M, Mansfield ED. The influence of menu labeling on calories selected or consumed: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014 Sep;114(9):1375-1388.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 Jul 16. Review. — View Citation

Swartz JJ, Braxton D, Viera AJ. Calorie menu labeling on quick-service restaurant menus: an updated systematic review of the literature. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011 Dec 8;8:135. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-135. Review. — View Citation

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Calories Ordered Calories content of the food items ordered from the assigned menu was calculated. 20-30 minutes No
Secondary Macronutrients ordered Macronutrients content of the food items ordered from the assigned menu was calculated. 20-30 minutes No
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