{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"submitter":["Vandormael A"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Short and animated story-based (SAS) videos, which can be rapidly distributed through social media channels, are a novel and promising strategy for promoting health behaviors. In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of a SAS video intervention to reduce the consumption of added sugars.<h4>Methods</h4>In December 2020, we randomized 4159 English-speaking participants from the United Kingdom (1:1:1) to a sugar intervention video, a content placebo video about sunscreen use (no sugar message), or a placebo video about earthquakes (no health or sugar message). We nested six list experiments in each arm and randomized participants (1:1) to a control list or a control list plus an item about consuming added sugars. The primary end-points were mean differences (on a scale "],"journal":["Journal of global health"],"pagination":["04064"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8564880"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Effect of a story-based, animated video to reduce added sugar consumption: A web-based randomized controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC8564880"],"pubmed_authors":["Gates J","Barnighausen T","Hachaturyan V","Favaretti C","Adam M","Vandormael A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effect of a story-based, animated video to reduce added sugar consumption: A web-based randomized controlled trial.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Short and animated story-based (SAS) videos, which can be rapidly distributed through social media channels, are a novel and promising strategy for promoting health behaviors. In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of a SAS video intervention to reduce the consumption of added sugars.<h4>Methods</h4>In December 2020, we randomized 4159 English-speaking participants from the United Kingdom (1:1:1) to a sugar intervention video, a content placebo video about sunscreen use (no sugar message), or a placebo video about earthquakes (no health or sugar message). We nested six list experiments in each arm and randomized participants (1:1) to a control list or a control list plus an item about consuming added sugars. The primary end-points were mean differences (on a scale ","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021","modification":"2025-04-04T14:52:52.333Z","creation":"2025-04-04T14:52:52.333Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8564880","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34737864"],"doi":["10.7189/jogh.11.04064"]}}