Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Restaurant Menu Design on Food Ordering Outcomes
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Collaborating Sponsors:
Texas Tech University
Conditions:
Food Preferences
Eligibility:
All Genders
19-35 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
High cognitive load activities can influence energy intake from food. It is unknown how restaurant menu designs may affect patrons in terms of cognitive demand and subsequent ordering of food.Objectiv...
Detailed Description
For the first experiment, a parallel randomized trial of healthy young adults (n= 30) was conducted to compare ordering from one of two menu designs (easy - E, hard - H) developed in a prior pilot stu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Experiment 1
- Normal vision or corrective lenses
- Normal hearing or a hearing aid
- A moderate level of English proficiency or greater
- Free from current food restrictions
Exclusion
- Unwilling/uninterested in participation
- Currently taking any β-blocker medications
- Any serious skin conditions on the hands (because of galvanic skin sensors worn for the protocol)
- Experiment 2
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Normal vision or corrective lenses
- Normal hearing or a hearing aid
- A moderate level of English proficiency or greater
- Free from current food restrictions
- Qualifying as a restrained eater by the Cognitive Restraint scale on the Eating Inventory (score of 6 for men and 10 for women)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 20 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
61 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03337633
Start Date
April 1 2014
End Date
March 20 2015
Last Update
November 9 2017
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