Price Changes and Hypothetical Food Purchases in Adult Grocery Shoppers

N/ACompletedNCT01619787

State University of New York at Buffalo217 enrolled

Overview

The goal of the proposed study is to apply experimental economics in an online grocery store shopping model to examine the effects of pricing on hypothetical food purchases

Participants will be lean and overweight primary grocery shoppers aged 18 years and older. Participants will be considered lean if their body mass index (BMI = kg/m2) is less than 29.9, overweight if their BMI is greater than or equal to 30.12 To meet eligibility for the study, participants must be the guardian of a child at least 2 years or older, do the primary grocery shopping for the family, they must also report being weekly household grocery shoppers, and purchase the majority of their household's groceries once a week.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

217

Conditions

Effect of Taxes and Subsides on Food Purchases in Mothers

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 18 or older primary shopper in the household, at least one child over 2 years of age Exclusion Criteria: eating disorders, not liking study foods

Locations (1)

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Energy Purchased as a Result of Taxes.

Change in total calories as a result of taxes of 12.5% and 25%.

Time frame: Study Completion

Change in Energy Purchased as a Result of Subsidies

Change in total calories as a result of subsidies of 12.5% and 25%.

Time frame: Study Completion

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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