Effect of a Visual Nutrient Profiling System on Recall of Nutrition Information

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign63 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy

Interventions

Visual nutrient profiling toolBEHAVIORAL

Shown color coded fiber and protein 2x2 plot, selected fiber and protein ratings from boxes on the plot.

Nutrient ratings tableBEHAVIORAL

Showed nutrition information and had to match to fiber and protein ratings from a table.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Current student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Exclusion Criteria: * N/A

Locations (1)

University of Illinois National Soybean Research Laboratory

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of correct responses for fiber and protein ratings of foods

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).

Time frame: 10 minutes after presentation of nutrition information

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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