The Department of Public Health Sciences is conducting a research study comparing two web-based programs to help people drink fewer sugary drinks.
What Does the Study Include?
• The study lasts 18 months and, if you decide to join, you will be randomized (like a flip of a coin) into one of the two web-based programs
• You will complete the nine-week web-based program you are assigned and complete four 90-minute health assessments
How Are the Programs Different?
iSIPsmarter Program Website
• Six interactive lessons on decreasing sugary drinks
• Emails and other reminders to complete lessons and activities
• Daily sugary drink tracking
• Optional daily weight tracking
Sugary Drink Education Website
• Self-guided lessons to be done at your own pace
• Printable forms to track your sugary drinks and weight
Possible benefits of the study include:
• Learning how to decrease your sugar intake
• Improving health conditions
• Modest weight loss
To join the study, you must:
• Be Black or African American
• Drink more than the recommended daily amount of sugary drinks
• Be 18 or older
• Be able to access the internet on a computer or tablet at least once a week
• Be willing and able to receive email and text reminders to complete program tasks
Study related materials and procedures will be provided at no cost. All participants will receive a scale to track weight at study start and may keep after the study is complete.
You will get $225 in gift cards for completing follow-up assessments at nine weeks and six and 18 months