Justin P Turner, Alex S Halme, Patricia Caetano, Aili Langford, Cara Tannenbaum
Government Direct-to-Consumer Education to Reduce Prescription Opioid Use: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA network open
goal research test whether including inexpensive nonfood item toy smallersized meal bundle 420 calories regularsized meal bundle version 580 calories would incentivize children choose smallersized meal bundle even among children overweight obesity logistic regression used evaluate effect betweensubjects field experiment toy smallersized meal choice binary choice smallersized regularsized meal bundles random sample 109 elementary school children two schools tucson arizona metropolitan area 55 females mage 853 years sdage 214 mbmi 1830 sdbmi 442 participated childrens height weight measured bodymassindex bmi calculated adjusting age sex sample 21 children considered either overweight obese logistic regression used evaluate effect toy smallersized meal choice results revealed inclusion toy smallersized meal regularsized version predicted smallersized meal choice p 001 suggesting children incentivized choose less food paired toy bmi neither moderated nullified effect toy smallersized meal choice p 125 suggesting children overweight obesity also incentivized choose less article first suggest fastfood restaurant chains may well utilize toys motivate children choose smallersized meal bundles findings may relevant consumers health advocates policy makers marketers would benefit strategy presents healthier still desirable meal bundle options