RecruitingNot Applicable

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

United States480 participantsStarted 2025-04-30

Plain-language summary

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.

Who can participate

Age range13 Years – 17 Years

SexALL

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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

What they're measuring

Caloric Intake

Timeframe: Day 0 (Approximately 60 minutes)

Visual Attention to Ad Features - First Fixation

Timeframe: Day 0 (Approximately 60 minutes)

Visual Attention to Ad Features - Gaze Duration

Timeframe: Day 0 (Approximately 60 minutes)

Visual Attention to Ad Features - Number of Fixations

Timeframe: Day 0 (Approximately 60 minutes)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06969651

SponsorNYU Langone Health

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-09

Contact for this trial

Program Manager

6465013880 krystle.tsai@nyulangone.org

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