NCT04022694

Preventing Non-communicable Diseases in Guatemala Through Sugary Drink Reduction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 628 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Sugar-sweetened beverages are a significant contributor to adult and childhood obesity in Guatemala. Policies to place health warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages are being pursued, but there is little empirical data on how such labels influence people. The primary aim of this study is to test the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) warning posters compared to control posters and change in SSBs purchased compared to baseline by adolescents shopping at school cafeterias in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The hypothesis is that posters with information warning people of the health harms associated with overconsuming SSBs and promoting low sugar beverages will be associated with greater reductions in SSB purchases compared to a control poster.

Conditions

• Food Preferences

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exposure to beverage health information	Red stop sign and avoidance message for sugar-sweetened beverages and green check mark and promotion message for non-sugar-sweetened beverage nutrition information
BEHAVIORAL	Exposure to beverage calorie information	Calories for sugar-sweetened and non-sugar-sweetened beverages

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-08
• Primary completion: 2019-08-30
• Completion: 2019-08-30
• First posted: 2019-07-17
• Last updated: 2021-03-25
• Results posted: 2021-03-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Guatemala