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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