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NCT Number: NCT04435145

Warning Labels and College Students' Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are one of the few dietary items causally linked to the development of obesity and chronic disease. SSB consumption among young adults are particularly concerning, because of the high levels of consumption and the influence of disease risk in later life. College students, particularly freshmen, are a captive audience when it comes to dietary consumption because many of them consume their meals in residential dining halls. We are currently working with Michigan Dining to implement warning labels on SSB fountain dispensers to examine whether carefully tailored signage could alter beverage choices of college students. The current study aims to assess changes in dietary intake before and after the labels are posted, in a representative sample of University of Michigan students who eat at residential dining halls.

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Key information

Conditions

Diet, Healthy

Age range

17 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Currently enrolled student at the University
  • Visited one of three large dining halls at least 100 times in the first 1.5 months of the academic year

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Sugar-sweetened beverage warning label

Behavioral

A sugar-sweetened beverage warning label appropriate for the college-aged population was developed and applied to beverage stations at one large campus dining hall

Primary outcomes

  1. Beverage Intake Questionnaire-15

    Time frame: Four months

    The primary outcome is the mean servings of sugar-sweetened and non-sugar-sweetened beverages consumed in the past 30 days, as measured by a validated questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

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Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Warning Labels on Reducing College Students' Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jun 17, 2020
Registry last updated
Jun 17, 2020

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