Dietary Guidelines
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this research is to better understand people's health and diet knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and practices. The researchers will use this information to implement better strategies to help Americans maintain more nutritious diets.
Detailed description
The overall goal of this study is to determine whether there are differences in perceptions of healthy nutrition messages depending on from whom the message is coming. More specifically, the researchers aim to examine whether there are differences in how people perceive and intend to follow nutrition information that is coming from a variety of sources.
Interventions
OTHERPerception of information source
Participants will see the same health advice, with no source or one of three other sources indicated
Sponsors
USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* US citizen * have access to internet * have an Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) account
Exclusion criteria
* under 18 years of age * no access to internet
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perception of health information | Baseline | Participants will rate the extent to which they trust the source of health information (i.e., the makers of the flyer) on a 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from not at all (1) to completely (7). |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed