Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
Fast food literacy
Brief summary
Participants will be exposed to a hypothetical fast food menu, asked to place a hypothetical lunch order, and will then be exposed to a second menu with several changes made to the menu. Participants will be asked to identify as many changes as possible on this second menu, and then complete a survey about their eating tendencies and demographics.
Detailed description
The menu with changes will feature changes to both calories and prices, allowing for measures of whether participants notice such changes and the order in which changes are noticed.
Interventions
OTHERChanged menu
After making the hypothetical choice, participants will be exposed to a menu with changed calorie and price labels, as well as several other changes.
Sponsors
Carnegie Mellon University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 18 or older, * agrees to consent form
Exclusion criteria
* N/A
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of participants who notice calorie change | Participants will have 2 minutes to notice changes on the menu |
| Number of participants who notice price change | Participants will have 2 minutes to notice changes on the menu |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Within-participant ranking of the order in which changes were noticed | Participants will have 2 minutes to notice changes on the menu |
| Total number of changes noticed | Participants will have 2 minutes to notice changes on the menu |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed