Price Changes and Nutrient Profiling Among Adult Grocery Shoppers

NCT ID: NCT02376530

Last Updated: 2020-10-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

788 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-09-30

Study Completion Date

2015-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the research is to examine the association between price changes, nutrient profiling, and grocery food purchases among household grocery shoppers.

Detailed Description

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Participants will be asked to select a week's worth of groceries for their household from a virtual online grocery store. Shoppers will be randomly assigned to one of four conditions (control, nutrient profiling, price change, nutrient profiling and price change).

Conditions

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Nutrition Food Purchases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Usual shopping

No change in condition.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Nutrient profiling

Nutrient profiling system will be present during shopping session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nutrient profiling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nutrient profiling system will be present during shopping session.

Price change

Price changes will be present during shopping session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Price Changes

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Price changes will be present during shopping session.

Nutrient profiling and price change

Nutrient profiling system and price changes will be present during shopping session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nutrient profiling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nutrient profiling system will be present during shopping session.

Price Changes

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Price changes will be present during shopping session.

Interventions

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Nutrient profiling

Nutrient profiling system will be present during shopping session.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Price Changes

Price changes will be present during shopping session.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* primary household grocery shopper
* at least 19 years old
* one or more child (2-18yrs) living full time in the household

Exclusion Criteria

* not the primary household grocery shopper
* no dietary, medical, or psychopathology conditions that could interfere with the study
* under the age 19
* no children (2-18yrs) living full time in the household
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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State University of New York at Buffalo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Leonard Epstein

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Leonard Epstein, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University at Buffalo

Locations

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University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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1101757-1-60725

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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