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7–11 Apr 2026
Machynlleth, Wales, UK
Europe/Dublin timezone

Why don't nutrition trialists preregister? A behavioural mystery

Not scheduled
20m
Machynlleth, Wales, UK

Machynlleth, Wales, UK

Llwyngwern Quarry, Pantperthog, Machynlleth SY20 9AZ, UK Machynlleth https://cat.org.uk/

Description

Randomised controlled trials are often seen as transparency role models, given their seemingly high adherence to practices such as registration, sharing of protocols and statistical analysis plans. With nutrition research, however, this is not often the case. In this lighting talk I will present preliminary results of the work being done as part of my PhD and invite the audience to help solve this mystery once and for all. Guided by the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation and Behaviour (COM-B) framework as our detective toolkit, we will gather evidence coming from a survey of nutrition trialists. Together we will uncover what might be the real culprit behind low transparency in nutrition trials and brainstorm theory-drive interventions that could finally crack the case.

Author

Arthur Thives Mello (Brunel University of London)

Co-authors

Emma Norris (Brunel University of London) Erasmo Benicio Santos de Moraes Trindade (Federal University of Santa Catarina)

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