Food commercials during television soap operas: What is the nutrition message?

Lank, Nancy H.; Vickery, Connie E.; Cotugna, Nancy; Shade, Daniel D.

doi:10.1007/bf01323999

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“…Constant commercial advertisements accompanied by prolonged TV watching may lead to unhealthy eating patterns such as snacking, which typically involves a higher caloric intake than do more healthy eating habits [18-20]. This change to an unhealthy diet including low fiber intake, a lack of fruits and vegetables, increased sugar, and more convenience food is also widely believed to have contributed to the child obesity epidemic [21].…”

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The Effect of Eating Behavior on Being Overweight or Obese During Preadolescence

Lee

Kong

et al. 2011

J Prev Med Public Health

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ObjectivesBeing overweight or obese is central to metabolic syndrome, and these characteristics constitute dominant risk factors for chronic diseases. Although behavioral factors, including eating habits and sedentary lifestyles, are considered to be determinants of obesity, the specific childhood factors that contribute to this condition have not been clearly defined.MethodsThe subjects consisted of 261 children aged 7-9 years who were recruited from an elementary school during October 2003. Information was obtained from their parents using a questionnaire focused on eating behaviors and lifestyle factors, additional data were also collected via anthropometric measurements and biochemical examinations, including blood tests.ResultsA total of 48 (18.4%) of the 261 children were overweight, and 34 (70.8%) had at least one other component of metabolic syndrome. Eating behaviors emerged as significant lifestyle-related risk factors for being overweight or obese. Those who engaged in overeating more than twice per week had three times the risk of being overweight (odds ratio [OR], 3.10, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.39 to 6.92), and those who ate rapidly had three times the risk of being overweight (OR, 3.28; 95% CI, 1.68 to 6.41). Those who had fewer family meals (fewer than 2-3/month) had a nine times higher risk of being overweight than those who had family meals more frequently (at least 1/day) (OR, 9.51; 95% CI, 1.21 to 74.82).ConclusionsThis study showed that being overweight or obese during preadolescence is associated with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome and is related to unhealthy eating behaviors. Thus, weight-control strategies and healthy eating behaviors should be developed early in life to reduce the risk for metabolic syndrome.

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The Effect of Eating Behavior on Being Overweight or Obese During Preadolescence

Lee

Kong

et al. 2011

J Prev Med Public Health

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“…For example, television advertising might influence both the quality and quantity of food consumed. Lank et al (1992) reported that 58% of food advertised on television during the afternoon were high in fat. Food cues are also evident during popular viewing times and in advertisements (Story & Faulkner, 1990), and these cues may exert a greater influence in the obese (Falciglia & Gussow, 1980).…”

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Television viewing and low participation in vigorous recreation are independently associated with obesity and markers of cardiovascular disease risk: EPIC-Norfolk population-based study

Jakes¹,

Day²,

Khaw³

et al. 2003

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: This study describes the associations between sedentary behaviour (television viewing) and participation in vigorous recreational activity with obesity and with biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study. Setting: The study is a population-based study of participants living in Norfolk, UK. Subjects: A total of 15 515 men and women aged between 45 and 74 y, recruited through General Practice lists, who completed the detailed physical activity questionnaire. Results: Following exclusion of those with self-reported myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes, 14 189 participants remained for the analysis. Self-reported television viewing was positively and participation in vigorous activity negatively associated with markers of obesity, blood pressure and plasma lipids. In multiple regression analysis, adjusting for age, alcohol, smoking, treatment for hypertension, vigorous and total physical activity, these associations remained significant. For women who participated in more than 1 h/week of vigorous activity and who watched fewer than 2 h of television each day, the adjusted mean body mass index was 1.92 kg/m 2 less than for women who reported participating in no vigorous activity and who watched more than 4 h of television each day (Po0.001). The equivalent figure for men was 1.44 kg/m 2 (Po0.001). In a similar analysis, with blood pressure as the outcome, mean diastolic blood pressure difference between the extreme groups of vigorous activity and television viewing was 3.6 mmHg in men (Po0.001) and 2.7 mmHg (P ¼ 0.001) in women. Conclusions: These data suggest that time spent participating in vigorous recreational physical activity and television viewing, an indicator of a sedentary lifestyle, are associated with obesity and markers of CVD disease risk independent of total reported physical activity. Whether these observations represent the true underlying aetiological relations or are a manifestation of the different precision with which the subdimensions of activity are measured remains uncertain.

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“…46 -52 A recent prospective study on women has shown that watching television was associated with a significantly increased risk of diabetes mellitus (each 2-hour-per-day increment in time spent watching television was found associated with a 14% increase in diabetes risk) and obesity. 53 This was felt to be because television watchers exercise less, 50,51 eat more, 54,55 and eat unhealthy 53 (because of commercials appearing on the television). Adaptation of such behavior has serious consequences for South Asians, who already are genetically predisposed to metabolic syndrome.…”

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Coronary Artery Disease in South Asians

Bedi

Singh

Syed

et al. 2006

Cardiology in Review

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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and was responsible for 7.2 million deaths in 2003. Various studies have pointed out that South Asians have a higher prevalence of CAD as compared with other ethnicities. South Asians may have a genetic predisposition to CAD; however, environmental, nutritional, and lifestyle factors may also be responsible. South Asians have a much higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, insulin resistance (and resultant hyperinsulinemia), central obesity, dyslipidemias (lower high-density lipoprotein, increased lipoprotein[a], higher triglyceride levels), increased thrombotic tendency (increased plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and decreased tissue plasminogen activator levels), decreased levels of physical activity, and low birth weights ("fetal origins hypothesis"). In addition, the dietary indiscretions and sedentary lifestyle practiced by most South Asians puts them at a higher risk. A multidisciplinary approach involving the population at risk, healthcare personnel, and the government is required to diminish the incidence. Educational programs regarding the genetic predisposition as well as risk factors for CAD, physical activity, and dietary modifications need to be encouraged. There is a need for implementation of newer guidelines as well as a lower threshold for initiating therapeutic interventions in this population. Mass media should be involved to bring about behavioral changes, and these changes should be reinforced at the physician's level.

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Food commercials during television soap operas: What is the nutrition message?

Cited by 37 publications

References 15 publications

The Effect of Eating Behavior on Being Overweight or Obese During Preadolescence

The Effect of Eating Behavior on Being Overweight or Obese During Preadolescence

Television viewing and low participation in vigorous recreation are independently associated with obesity and markers of cardiovascular disease risk: EPIC-Norfolk population-based study

Coronary Artery Disease in South Asians

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