Behavioral Economics to Implement Nutrition Ranking in Food Pantries
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-90
SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital
About this trial
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test whether using behavioral economic strategies to promote healthy food choices on a food bank's online ordering platform increases the use of the traffic light nutrition ranking system and increases healthier food selections by the food agencies (e.g., food pantries) who use the food bank.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Food agencies that order food from the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) online ordering platform.
Disqualifiers
Food agencies that do not order food from the GBFB online platform within 2 months of the start of the study.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Behavioral economics-enhanced user interface
Treatment groups
364 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov