Sugar Habit Hacker: A pilot randomised controlled trial of personalised normative feedback to change sugar consumption
= -0.27; 95% CI [-0.43, -0.11]), and this change was maintained at two months. Improvements were found for all secondary outcomes except mental well-being. There were, however, no significant group-by-time interactions for sugar intake or other outcomes.ConclusionPNF shows promise in improving sugar consumption, but outcomes were similar to offering a personalised summary of scores alone. Given rapid recruitment and strong retention, future research should compare these conditions with a true control group that provides no feedback. Further work should also examine the reliability and validity of the FFQ for measuring sugar consumption.
Authors
- Rimke Bijker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-2078)
- Simone N. Rodda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-1003)
- Braden Te Ao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1050-200X)
- Hiranya Khullar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1656-5174)
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- American University of Technology (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrition and Health
- Published
- 2026-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02601060261450642
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00