Promoting Resilience to Food Commercials Decreases Susceptibility to Unhealthy Food Decision-Making

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

49 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-07

Study Completion Date

2020-03-07

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate how food commercials influence food choices in children and their parents.

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Detailed Description

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The proposed research will investigate food decision-making in youth. Childhood obesity is a risk factor for health issues, thus preventing adverse effects of childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating habits and providing effective interventions are important. Television food commercials advertising calorie-dense and high in salt and sugar foods are known to contribute unhealthy food choices and obesity. Thus the proposed study will examine how the advertising intervention focusing on increasing advertising knowledge and changing affective attitudes toward commercials impacts susceptability to commercials and food decisions in youth.

Conditions

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Obesity, Adolescent

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control

Children were exposed to food commercials without narratives.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Children were shown food commercials that were the same length as the other group but did not receive any information about whether the content was truthful.

Intervention

Children were exposed to narrative statements that were shown and read aloud in between commercials played.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Commercial Advertising Literacy Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Children were shown food commercials and in between those commercials they saw and heard statements such as "These foods won't make you happy" and "Those foods are so unhealthy."

Interventions

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Commercial Advertising Literacy Training

Children were shown food commercials and in between those commercials they saw and heard statements such as "These foods won't make you happy" and "Those foods are so unhealthy."

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Children were shown food commercials that were the same length as the other group but did not receive any information about whether the content was truthful.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children had to be between 8-12.9 years old (including 8 year olds, NOT including 13 year olds.
* Had to be able to speak English as their primary language.
* Self-reported normal hearing and vision.

Exclusion Criteria

* Did not speak English
* Data from children with history of neurological conditions, clinically significant psychopathology, or learning disabilities reported by parents (e.g., Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, depression) will be excluded.

Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes