Effects of Racial Congruence, "Likes", and Food Images in Social Media Ads on Adolescents' Caloric Intake - Study 3

ConditionCalorie Consumption

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age13-17

SponsorNYU Langone Health

About this trial

This is a randomized trial to to test the degree to which visual attention to unhealthy foods, racially congruent people, and/or "likes" in social media ads explains the relationship between ad exposure and calorie intake.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

adolescent (13-17 years of age) who identifies as only non-Latino White or only Black/African American; who logs into Instagram once daily; who can read and speak English

Disqualifiers

- participants who do not meet all criteria described above

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Black-Food
White-Food
Black-Non Food
White-Non Food
Food-Many Likes
Non Food-Many Likes
Food-Few Likes
Non Food-Few

Treatment groups

480 Participants

are divided into 8 treatment groups

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Sponsors and collaborators

NYU Langone Health

Lead sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

New York University

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov