Health Trials

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

8

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Locations

1
NYU Langone Health10016, New YorkNew York, United States

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