The Effect of Menu Labels on Calories Ordered in Hispanics

NCT ID: NCT02804503

Last Updated: 2016-06-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

372 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-11-30

Study Completion Date

2015-06-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Food Selection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Calorie Labels

A menu with rank ordered calorie labels and a statement on the energy needs per meal.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Calorie Labels

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.

Exercise Labels

A menu with rank ordered exercise labels showing minutes of brisk walking necessary to burn the food calories.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise Labels

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.

No Labels

A menu with no labels

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

No Labels

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.

Interventions

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Calorie Labels

Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Exercise Labels

Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

No Labels

Participants were asked to order food from the assigned menu as if they were having lunch in a fast food restaurant.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Texas Christian University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Meena Shah

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Meena Shah, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Tzu Chi University

Locations

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Meena Shah

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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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.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25790388 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22152038 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25037558 (View on PubMed)

Shah M, Bouza B, Adams-Huet B, Jaffery M, Esposito P, Dart L. Effect of calorie or exercise labels on menus on calories and macronutrients ordered and calories from specific foods in Hispanic participants: a randomized study. J Investig Med. 2016 Dec;64(8):1261-1268. doi: 10.1136/jim-2016-000227. Epub 2016 Jul 8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27402619 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CT2016MS1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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