NCT06222541

Using Online Food Retail "Nudges" to Promote Healthier Beverage Intake Among Low-Income Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,241 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The specific aims of this proposal are to 1) develop online food retail nudges to discourage sugary drink purchases and promote healthier substitutes; 2) examine the impact of online store nudges on purchases of sugary drinks in an online randomized controlled experiment with low-income parents, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-participating parents, of children age 1-5 years; and 3) disseminate findings to retailers, including those participating in the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	"Nudges" in Web-Based Supermarket	While shopping in the web-based supermarket, participants assigned to the "nudge" arm will see retail nudges to discourage sugary drink purchases and promote healthier substitutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-07
• Primary completion: 2023-04-10
• Completion: 2023-04-10
• First posted: 2024-01-24
• Last updated: 2024-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States