Healthy
Conditions
Keywords
Food labeling, Nutrition, Memory, Diet
Brief summary
The objective of the study is to validate a visual method of presenting nutritional information by determining if users of the visual method remember food properties better than users given the same information in a non-visual form with texts and tables.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALVisual nutrient profiling tool
Shown color coded fiber and protein 2x2 plot, selected fiber and protein ratings from boxes on the plot.
BEHAVIORALNutrient ratings table
Showed nutrition information and had to match to fiber and protein ratings from a table.
Sponsors
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Current student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Exclusion criteria
* N/A
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of correct responses for fiber and protein ratings of foods | 10 minutes after presentation of nutrition information | Fiber and protein ratings (5 possible) for 30 foods must be recalled after being presented in a visual or tabular format. Distraction period occurred between presentation of information and recall (maze). |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed