NCT04435145

Warning Labels and College Students' Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake

Completed NA Last updated 17 June 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Sugar-sweetened beverage warning label in Diet, Healthy in 1,067 participants. Completed in 31 March 2019.

Timeline

6 November 2018

Primary endpoint
31 March 2019

31 March 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Michigan
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	1,067
Start date	6 November 2018
Primary completion	31 March 2019
Estimated completion	31 March 2019
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Sugar-sweetened beverage warning label

Conditions studied

• Diet, Healthy — all drugs for Diet, Healthy →

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Who can join

17 and older, any sex, with Diet, Healthy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

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.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Food Insecurity and Dietary Intake among College Students with Unlimited Meal Plans at a Large, Midwestern University.
   Mei J, Fulay AP, Wolfson JA, Leung CW. · · 2021 · cited 24× · PMID 33972204 · DOI 10.1016/j.jand.2021.04.009
2. Warning Labels Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake among College Students.
   Leung CW, Wolfson JA, Hsu R, Soster K, et al · · 2021 · cited 18× · PMID 33245125 · DOI 10.1093/jn/nxaa305