Can a Five-Minute reading shift food choices and ease loneliness?
NCT ID NCT06004531
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers at Jacobs University Bremen are running a three-phase study to understand how environmentally friendly behaviors relate to eco-anxiety, well-being, and loneliness. About 1,684 adults complete surveys about their food choices, consumption habits, and feelings of social isolation. Some participants then read a short article on food and ecological health and complete a choice task with prompts to recall the article, while a control group reads an unrelated article. The study measures sustainable consumption and ethically minded consumer behavior to see whether the brief intervention changes self-reported choices.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A short reading about food and environmental health followed by a guided choice task
- What this could lead to
- If the approach works, it could inform public health programs that encourage sustainable, healthy living while easing loneliness and eco-anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a survey-based study with a brief online-style intervention, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Any changes in reported behavior may be small or short-lived, and results may not apply beyond the people who take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,684 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to participate in surveys (e.g., sufficient German or English language skills) Exclusion Criteria: * Not being of age * Illiteracy * Massively limited cognitive abilities (linguistic components of the digital offerings must be able to be used and questionnaires completed or interviews participated in)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Germany
Bremen, 28759, Germany
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