Perceptions of and Reactions to Sustainability Menu Label Designs

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Enrollment

12,400

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2025

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2025

Conditions
Food Choices
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Control (QR) Labels

Participants will view a fast-food restaurant menu with main entrée items. Each menu item will be displayed with an image of the item, name, price, and total calories. Control (QR) labels will be displayed beneath each item. Participants will view the menu and then the label in isolation and then be asked about a hypothetical intention to purchase a menu item with the label.

BEHAVIORAL

Low Sustainability Labels

Participants will view a fast-food restaurant menu with main entrée items. Each menu item will be displayed with an image of the item, name, price, and total calories. Low Sustainability labels will be displayed beneath select items. Participants will view the menu and then the label in isolation and then be asked about a hypothetical intention to purchase a menu item with the label.

BEHAVIORAL

Unsustainable Labels

Participants will view a fast-food restaurant menu with main entrée items. Each menu item will be displayed with an image of the item, name, price, and total calories. Unsustainable labels will be displayed beneath select items. Participants will view the menu and then the label in isolation and then be asked about a hypothetical intention to purchase a menu item with the label.

BEHAVIORAL

Environmental Harm Labels

Participants will view a fast-food restaurant menu with main entrée items. Each menu item will be displayed with an image of the item, name, price, and total calories. Environmental Harm labels will be displayed beneath select items. Participants will view the menu and then the label in isolation and then be asked about a hypothetical intention to purchase a menu item with the label.

BEHAVIORAL

High Environmental Harm Labels

Participants will view a fast-food restaurant menu with main entrée items. Each menu item will be displayed with an image of the item, name, price, and total calories. High Environmental Harm labels will be displayed beneath select items. Participants will view the menu and then the label in isolation and then be asked about a hypothetical intention to purchase a menu item with the label.

BEHAVIORAL

High Environmental Cost Labels

Participants will view a fast-food restaurant menu with main entrée items. Each menu item will be displayed with an image of the item, name, price, and total calories. High Environmental Cost labels will be displayed beneath select items. Participants will view the menu and then the label in isolation and then be asked about a hypothetical intention to purchase a menu item with the label.

BEHAVIORAL

Numeric Environmental Cost Labels

Participants will view a fast-food restaurant menu with main entrée items. Each menu item will be displayed with an image of the item, name, price, and total calories. Numeric environmental cost labels will be displayed beneath each item. Participants will view the menu and then the label in isolation and then be asked about a hypothetical intention to purchase a menu item with the label.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

lead

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

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