Trial reportJournal of global health2021
Effect of a story-based, animated video to reduce added sugar consumption: A web-based randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of global health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of Short, Animated Video Storytelling on Maternal Knowledge and Satisfaction in the Perinatal Period in South Africa: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Participant engagement with a short, wordless, animated video on COVID-19 prevention: a multi-site randomized trial.Health promotion international · 2023Trial
- Recognizing the Importance of Design, Content, and Delivery Features of Health Animations for Preventive Health Behaviors: Realist Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Review
- Digital storytelling boosts knowledge and behavioral expectation to reduce dietary sodium: a randomized controlled trial.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
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- Nutrition knowledge and health vulnerability of mothers of pre-school children in north-central, Nigeria.PloS one · 2024Article
- Hope as a predictor for COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the US: a cross-sectional survey of 11,955 adults.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- The effect of a short, animated story-based video on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A study protocol for an online randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundShort 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.
methodsIn 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 of 0-100) in behavioral intent and direct restoration of freedom to consume added sugars.
resultsParticipants (N = 4013) who watched the sugar video had significantly higher behavioral intent to cut their daily intake of added sugar (mean difference (md) = 16.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.5-31.8,
conclusionsOur SAS intervention video did not arouse reactance and increased short-term behavioral intent among participants to reduce their consumption of added sugars. SAS videos, which draw on best practices from the entertainment-education media, communication theory, and the animation industry, can be an effective strategy for delivering emotionally compelling narratives to promote health behavior change.
trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register: DRKS00022340.
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