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

NYU Langone Health · with National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) · NCT06969651

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 13–17 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
480
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 30, 2025
Record last updated
June 10, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Black-Food; White-Food; Black-Non Food; White-Non Food; Food-Many Likes; Non Food-Many Likes; Food-Few Likes; Non Food-Few

Conditions: Calorie Consumption

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria

  • - participants who do not meet all criteria described above

Recruiting US locations

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, NY 10016

    Site contact: Program Manager · 646-501-3394 · krystle.tsai@nyulangone.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Program Manager · 6465013880 · krystle.tsai@nyulangone.org
  • Zora Hall · zora.hall@nyulangone.org
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