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Impacts of Sugar Warnings on Weight Bias

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · NCT07346001

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
543
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
February 16, 2026
Record last updated
April 16, 2026

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What the study is about

This study aims to examine the effects of added sugar warning labels for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on explicit weight bias and body weight attributional judgements. Participants will be assigned to view either control labels or added sugar warning labels applied on SSBs in an experimental store. Participants will shop for beverages in the store and take a computer survey during four visits to the store, spaced approximately one week apart.

Being studied: Control label; Added sugar warning

Conditions: Nutrition; Diet Interventions

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 18 years and older
  • Bought sugary drinks from a store at least once during the past week
  • Willing to attend 4 in-person study appointments

Exclusion Criteria

  • Living in the same household as someone else in the study

Recruiting US locations

  • UNC MiniMart Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, NC 27514

    Site contact: Violet Noe · 252-714-3572 · violetn@email.unc.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Aline D'Angelo Campos, PhD, MPP · 9199663215 · adangelo-campos@unc.edu
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