Clinical trials: Food Choices
Childhood Obesity
Kids' Choice Restaurant Program
This study will introduce healthy child menu items into 8 independent full service restaurants in San Diego County. The restaurants will be assigned either to receive new, healthy kids' menu items or to receive the new menu items…
- Trial name
- KCRP (NCT02511938)
- Testing
- Menu Only, Menu Plus intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Dietary Assessment, Growth
Nutrition of Urban-poor Children
The investigators undertook a program to promote the consumption of healthy foods and reduce the prevalence of malnutrition of children below the age of 5 years in an urban-poor community, by 10% year-on-year through nutrition…
- Conditions
- Dietary Assessment, Growth, Nutritional Assessment
- Trial name
- NCT06921135
- Testing
- supplementation, food
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Malaya
Nutrition Intervention
Rewarding Healthy Food Choices: a Mobile Serious Game Intervention in Adolescents
The aim of this study is to conduct an outcome and process evaluation of the REWARD intervention, a serious game intervention using reward-based strategies as a main method to trigger healthy snacking in Flemish adolescents.
- Trial name
- REWARD (NCT02622165)
- Testing
- The REWARD serious game intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,463 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Glucose Intolerance, Obesity
The Snack Study: The Feasibility of Changing Night-time Food Choices to Improve Glucose Tolerance in Pregnancy
Obesity during pregnancy increases the risk for high glucose and diabetes in the mother, and for obesity and comorbid metabolic disease in the offspring.
- Trial name
- NCT02634593
- Testing
- Low glycemic load snacks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Consumer Behavior
Decoding the Interplay of Front-of-Pack Labels, Price, and Consumer Perceptions: Impact on Food Choices in Korea and Singapore
The global epidemic of obesity and chronic diseases has led to widespread use of front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labels. While existing research has established a link between FOP labels and consumer choices, the interplay…
- Trial name
- NCT07186270
- Testing
- Positively framed FOP labels (present versus absent) x Price (high versus low), Graded FOP labels (no label vs. high rating (grade A) vs. low rating (grade D)) x Price (average vs. premium)
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Healthy Subjects, Behavior, Health
Switching Mediterranean Consumers to Mediterranean Sustainable Healthy Dietary Patterns
The population from Mediterranean countries is abandoning the Mediterranean diet (MD) traditional dietary and lifestyle pattern moving to unhealthier habits because of profound cultural and socio-economic driven lifestyle…
- Conditions
- Healthy Subjects, Behavior, Health, Family
- Trial name
- NCT06057324
- Testing
- AI-based Apps, Mediterranean-based diet toolkit and activities, Healthy plant-based snacks
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundació Eurecat
Obesity, Overweight
Behavioral Economics and Food Choice
This is the second in a series of pilot interventions we are conducting to assess how principles from behavioral economics can be applied to improve consumers' food choices.
- Trial name
- NCT01061905
- Testing
- Calorie information, Exercise Equivalent only, Calorie & Exercise equivalent information
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Food Acceptance, Soy Milk
Acceptability of Soy Milk as a Calcium-Rich Beverage in School Children in New York City Public Schools
NYC Public Schools is testing offering soy milk alongside dairy milk on the lunch line for all students during the month of May at select school sites to understand: Whether students choose and drink soy milk Whether offering soy…
- Conditions
- Food Acceptance, Soy Milk, Schools, New York
- Trial name
- NCT07595562
- Testing
- Acceptability of soy milk
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Sleep, Food Habits
Sleep Duration and Quality in Children
Obesity in children is a priority of public health initiatives, and reliable obesity prevalence and severity assessments are needed for policy decisions and study directions.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Food Habits, Lifestyle Factors
- Trial name
- Sleep-FAST (NCT05652829)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
Picky Eating
PEaters Choice™: Nutrition Intervention Module for Picky Eaters
Picky eaters (PE) are defined as individuals with a lack of diversity in food intake and fear of trying new foods which generally leads to malnutrition. Globally, between 20% to 55% of children worldwide are being reported as PE.
- Trial name
- PEaters (NCT05445193)
- Testing
- PEaters Choice Module
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 154 people
- Sponsor
- National University of Malaysia
Diet, Physical Activity
An Interactive Web-Based Program to Improve Food and Activity Choices of Teens
This study will test a website for teens designed to help them improve both diet and physical activity. The website will have several components: educational messages, role model stories, goal setting, self-monitoring forms…
- Trial name
- Teen Web (NCT00983567)
- Testing
- teen web
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Health and Wellness
The Impact of Workplace Food and Beverage Choices on Health and Wellness
The study is designed to determine if instituting a Healthy Beverage Initiative (HBI) at hospitals influences health and wellness of employees over a 12 month period.
- Trial name
- NCT03431051
- Testing
- Healthy Beverage Initiative
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 648 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption, Obesity Prevention
Sustainable and AI-Enabled Adolescents and Youth-Centred Interventions to Upgrade Food Choices and Promote Healthy, Sustainable Diets
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence (AI)-supported, context-aware digital nudging intervention designed to reduce ultra-processed food consumption and improve dietary sustainability among…
- Conditions
- Ultra-Processed Food Consumption, Obesity Prevention, Dietary Behaviour, Unhealthy Diet
- Trial name
- STAY-UP (NCT07514312)
- Testing
- Artificial intelligence-supported digital nudging
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Gelisim University
Sensory Imagination
Evaluation of the Effect of Sensory Imagination on Food Portion Size in School-aged Children
The objective of this intervention is to evaluate the effect of sensory imagination (i.e., imagining the sensory properties of an object) on the choice of food portion size in school-aged children.
- Trial name
- NCT03350932
- Testing
- Sensory imagination about foods
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Food Choices
Shopping Smart - Adolescent Intervention to Improve Shopping Practices Where You Live and Learn
The objective of this project is to develop and test the effectiveness of a Cooperative Extension enhanced intervention titled "Smart Shopping," aimed at improving the shopping practices of adolescents with the ultimate goal of…
- Trial name
- NCT02793024
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alison Gustafson
Allergy Milk, Allergy;Food
Dietary Choice for the Management of Cow's Milk Allergy Influences Other Allergic Manifestations
Food allergy is a common chronic condition in childhood. Recent studies have suggested that the natural history of food allergy has changed during the last two decades, with an increased prevalence, severity of clinical…
- Conditions
- Allergy Milk, Allergy;Food, Allergic Asthma, Allergic Conjunctivitis
- Trial name
- ATMAII (NCT03861910)
- Testing
- hypoallergenic formulas
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 365 people
- Sponsor
- Federico II University
Food Selection, Obesity
Changing Portion Size Descriptions in a Cafeteria
The goal of this this intervention is to test the degree to which a portion size labeling intervention influences consumer selection of smaller portions at two large cafés.
- Conditions
- Food Selection, Obesity, Weight Gain, Food Preferences
- Trial name
- NCT06263621
- Testing
- Intervention "Standard"
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 101,481 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Calorie Consumption
Dietary and Cognitive Effects of Food Ads Posted by TikTok Influencers
Randomized and controlled experimental study to evaluate how influencer food ads on TikTok affect calorie purchases among youth (ages 10-13).
- Trial name
- NCT05777486
- Testing
- TikTok Ads - With Food, TikTok Ads - Without Food
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Food Choices
Influence of Social Media Ads on Food Choice
This is a randomized trial to examine the influence of race-congruent food marketing on social media among Black and White adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT05380505
- Testing
- Racially Congruent Ads, Racially Incongruent Ads
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Anorexia Nervosa
The Role of Short-chain Fatty Acids in Malnutrition on Stress, Eating Behavior, and Nutritional State
This clinical trial aims to test the psychobiological effects of certain substances produced by gut bacteria, known as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), in people with anorexia nervosa.
- Trial name
- NCT06064201
- Testing
- Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven