NCT01473225

Can Calorie Labels Increase Caloric Intake

Can Calorie Labels Increase Caloric Intake? A Test of Possible Perverse Effects of Calorie Labels

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Carnegie Mellon University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is a test of possible mechanisms by which calorie labels might lead people to increase calorie intake. The investigators hypothesize that calorie labels might increase calorie intake because 1) people infer that higher calorie foods are tastier, 2) calorie labels invoke thoughts of dieting, leading people to overconsume as a reaction, 3) people try to maximize calories consumed per dollar spent, and 4) calorie labels change one's goal motivation toward food, causing people to eat more.

Conditions

• Food Consumption

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Calorie information	Nutrition label featuring calorie information will be provided.
OTHER	No calorie information	No nutrition label will be provided in this condition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2011-11-17
• Last updated: 2015-05-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States