The Effectiveness of PACE Label on Reducing Food Consumption and Increasing Physical Activity Levels

Sponsor

Loughborough University (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05143515

Collaborator

(none)

103

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Actual Duration (Days)

120.6

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Background: More people are at the risk of chronic disease as the prevalence of obesity increases. It is therefore essential to find ways of helping consumers to make a lower calorie food choice. Current evidence indicates that current food labelling is changing food choices and consumption, but it is of limited effectiveness. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling on food selection and consumption using a randomised experimental design in pop-up café. Method: This study as a randomised controlled experimental trial (RCT) was conducted in a research kitchen at Loughborough University. Participants were blinded to the exact purpose of the study and randomised to either exposure to PACE labelling plus calorie food labelling or calorie labelling only and asked to select food/drinks for their consumption, in the pop-up café up to a maximum value cost of £10. The study outcomes were the amount of money spent, the number of calories selected, and the amount of food consumed after exposure to the two different types of food labels.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Health Behavior	Behavioral: PACE label	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

103 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Double (Participant, Investigator)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

The Effectiveness of Physical Activity Calorie Equivalent (PACE) Label on Reducing Food Consumption and Increasing Physical Activity Levels: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Actual Study Start Date :

Jul 4, 2019

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jul 30, 2019

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jul 30, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: PACE Label group This group used the PACE label plus calorie label to help participants to know about the number of minutes of walking or running required to burn off the calories in food and drinks.	Behavioral: PACE label There were 34 food and drinks choices available for consumption in the pop up café. The labels were displayed next to the food/drink item in the pop up café. The food items were kept in the same position for each participant kitchen to simulate the café environment. Then researchers changed the labels on the display according to the randomisation allocation of each participant. After randomsation participants were informed that they have £10 to spend in the pop-up café and that they could eat the food they selected in a private social eating room.
No Intervention: Calorie Label group This group used only calorie labels to show the number of calories in food and drinks.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: PACE Label group

This group used the PACE label plus calorie label to help participants to know about the number of minutes of walking or running required to burn off the calories in food and drinks.

Behavioral: PACE label

There were 34 food and drinks choices available for consumption in the pop up café. The labels were displayed next to the food/drink item in the pop up café. The food items were kept in the same position for each participant kitchen to simulate the café environment. Then researchers changed the labels on the display according to the randomisation allocation of each participant. After randomsation participants were informed that they have £10 to spend in the pop-up café and that they could eat the food they selected in a private social eating room.

No Intervention: Calorie Label group

This group used only calorie labels to show the number of calories in food and drinks.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Money Spent [Immediately after the intervention]
Participants had £10 to spend in the pop-up café and they could eat the food they selected in a private social eating room. The total money they spent were measured when they left the lab.
Calorie Intake [Immediately after the intervention]
The researchers used a digital scale to weigh the original remaining food to the nearest 0.1 gram. The name of food items, the number of calories in each item selected, and the weight of leftover (using calibrated food weighing scales) was recorded for each participant. They were to ensure that all participants had finished eating and left the lab before weighing the remaining food.
The International Physical Activity Questionnaires(IPAQ) [24 hours after the intervention]
24-hour physical activity questionnaire was sent to them via email one day after the experiment.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

at least 18 years old
healthy

Exclusion Criteria:

allergic to the foods in the pop up café
chronic disease such as insulin-dependent diabetes
BMI lower than 16 kg/m2.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Loughborough University	Loughborough	Leicester	United Kingdom	LE113TU

Sponsors and Collaborators

Loughborough University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Nuo Zhang, Senior Physical Therapist, Loughborough University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05143515

Other Study ID Numbers:

ZhangNuo

First Posted:

Dec 3, 2021

Last Update Posted:

Dec 3, 2021

Last Verified:

Nov 1, 2021

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 3, 2021