Mass media nutrition information sources and associations with fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents

Abstract

Objective: The objective of the present study was to examine associations between exposure to nutrition information as covered in mass media and daily fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional nutrition survey. Setting: Vocational schools in Vienna, Austria. Subjects: A sample of 2949 ethnically diverse adolescents with mean age 17?3 (SD 1?7) years. An FFQ was used to assess usual FV consumption. Data on mass media exposure and sociodemographic characteristics were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to control for potentially confounding variables. Results: Adolescents who reported exposure to nutrition information provided by booklets, the Internet or newspaper articles were more likely to eat FV daily. For example, the OR for daily fruit consumption (OR fru ) was 1?6 (P , 0?001) when exposure to the Internet was reported after adjustment for age, gender, ethnicity, BMI and salary. No such associations were found for radio, television and magazines as sources of nutrition information. A negative impact on daily FV consumption was found for exposure to radio commercials (OR fru 5 0?74, P 5 0?04 and OR veg 5 0?67, P 5 0?03). Exposure to TV commercials had a negative impact on vegetable consumption (OR veg 5 0?81, P 5 0?05). Conclusions: Newspaper articles, the Internet and booklets as a source of nutrition information are positively associated with daily FV consumption among adolescents, whereas radio commercials have a negative impact. Dissemination of 'healthy eating' slogans should make use of print media and the Internet.

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Faktor Dominan Konsumsi Buah dan Sayur pada Remaja di SMPN 98 Jakarta

“…Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner yang diisi sendiri oleh responden untuk variabel jenis kelamin, pengetahuan buah dan sayur, preferensi, selfefficacy, tingkat pendidikan ibu, pekerjaan ibu, pengaruh orang tua, pengaruh teman sebaya, ketersediaan buah dan sayur di rumah, keterpaparan media massa berdasarkan modifikasi dari penelitianpenelitian sebelumnya [16,17,29,[33][34][35]; Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) untuk variabel aktivitas fisik, formulir food recall 2x24-hour untuk variabel konsumsi buah dan sayur serta food model. Preferensi [19], self-efficacy [20], pengaruh orang tua [29], dan ketersediaan buah dan sayur [16] dikategorikan menjadi baik jika skor jawaban ≥ mean dan kurang baik jika skor jawaban < mean.…”

“…Tingkat pendidikan ibu dikategorikan tinggi jika tamat SMA/sederajat atau tamat akademi/perguruan tinggi dan rendah jika tidak tamat SD, tamat SD/sederajat, tamat SMP atau sederajat [37]. Selain itu, keterpaparan media massa terhadap buah dan sayur dikategorikan menjadi pernah dan tidak pernah terpapar [34].…”

“…Konsumsi buah dan sayur lebih baik pada individu yang pernah terpapar oleh media massa cetak maupun elektronik mengenai gizi dan kesehatan [17,33]. Remaja di beberapa sekolah di Austria yang terpapar informasi gizi oleh artikel booklet, internet atau koran, lebih suka mengonsumsi buah dan sayur setiap hari [34]. Berbagai penelitian telah dilakukan untuk mengetahui faktor risiko konsumsi buah dan sayur.…”