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Enhanced calorie labelling to improve employees’ diets in workplace cafeterias

Calorie labelling and energy purchased in worksite cafeterias: a revised replication study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN20474205
Enrollment
900
Registered
2018-02-23
Start date
2018-03-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Excess energy intake Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Within the three worksites (with a minimum of 300 employees) the time at which the intervention is introduced will be determined by randomisation to control for time trends while maximising sample siz

Sponsors

University of Cambridge
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. English worksites from companies that are members of the Institute for Grocery Distribution (IGD) 2. More than 300 employees 3. Ability to provide daily data on sales of individual items and their energy content

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Sites not meeting the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Total energy (kcal) purchased daily from intervention items, controlling for the total transactions as measured from daily sales records (recorded throughout the baseline and intervention periods). Data on the energy content of food and drink items will be supplied by the three participating sites, and data on sales will be obtained from the sites’ till records.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of items purchased daily from (a) intervention items, and (b) non-intervention items, controlling for the total transactions as measured from daily sales records (recorded throughout the baseline and intervention periods) Other measures: Covariates to be recorded and considered in analyses: worksite demographic characteristics; day of week; and weather conditions (daily average temperature) (all to be recorded throughout the baseline and intervention periods)

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026