Seeing is doing. The implicit effect of TV cooking shows on children's use of ingredients

Neyens, Evy; Smits, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.048

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“…Results showed that when children (9-to 12-year old) watched one episode of an entertaining TV cooking show endorsing healthy foods, their appetite for less healthy foods decreased, and the odds of choosing a piece of fruit over a popular cookie increased. While watching TV cooking shows may also make children consume higher amounts of unhealthy foods (Neyens & Smits, 2017), this study showed that TV cooking shows could also endorse healthier eating habits. These results therefore refine the predominant idea that TV consumption contributes to the obesity epidemic (Guran & Bereket, 2011).…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Ample evidence has since shown that, among children, TV consumption corresponds with less healthy diet choices, mainly due to the endorsement of foods in TV advertisements (Boyland et al, 2016,;Cairns, Angus, Hastings, & Caraher, 2013;Taveras et al, 2006). However, in these studies, scant attention has been paid to TV cooking shows, although they clearly endorse food, have an established place in popular culture (Adema, 2000), and affect the eating habits of young viewers (Neyens & Smits, 2017).…”

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An experimental investigation of the effect of TV cooking show consumption on children's food choice behaviour

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Int J Consumer Studies

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For several decades, television consumption has been crucial in the complex web of factors underlying the obesity epidemic. It has been suggested that if television cooking shows would endorse healthy eating styles, they may have positive effects on consumers’ eating habits. This study empirically investigated the consequences of exposing children (N = 85, aged 9–12 years) to an existing television cooking show episode endorsing the consumption of fruits and vegetables compared with exposure to a non‐food‐related science show. The measures included pre‐test and post‐test attitudes toward health/nutrition and fruits/vegetables, as well as state preferences for a list of healthy and unhealthy foods. At the end of the study, children were separately given the choice between a popular cookie and a piece of fruit as a reward; this was used as a behavioural measure. The results of a logistic regression on the behavioural choice measure showed that the mere exposure to one episode of the television cooking show significantly increased the odds that the children would choose a piece of fruit over a cookie. Repeated‐measures analyses showed that watching this single episode also decreased children's state appetite for unhealthy foods. State appetites for healthy foods and attitudes toward health/nutrition or fruits/vegetables did not change after watching the television cooking show episode. In sum, existing television cooking shows that endorse healthy eating positively influence children's food consumption in the short term and may have the potential to be used as platforms for nutrition education.

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An experimental investigation of the effect of TV cooking show consumption on children's food choice behaviour

Ngqangashe

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“…In total, 1624 unique studies were identified through database searches, of which, 26 [13,22,23,26,29,30,39,[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] were deemed eligible for inclusion. Compared to the studies included in similar, previous systematic reviews [62] and meta-analyses [17][18][19][20][21], the present meta-analysis contained 12 extra studies [22,23,26,29,30,49,51,52,55,56,58,60].…”

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“…Overall, and according to Table S3, foods embedded in entertainment media reported significant effects on food choice [13,22,26,30,43,[50][51][52]55,[59][60][61]. However, six studies did not find significant effects of foods embedded in entertainment media on food choice [49,53,54,[56][57][58]. Two of these studies inserted foods digitally (that is, subtly) [49,56], and there was another study where the mean age of the participants was approximately 12 years (that is, the older children group) [58].…”

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The Effects of Foods Embedded in Entertainment Media on Children’s Food Choices and Food Intake: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

2020

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While watching or playing with media, children are often confronted with food appearances. These food portrayals might be a potential factor that affects a child’s dietary behaviors. We aimed to comprehensively expound the effects of these types of food appearances on dietary outcomes of children. Our objectives were to synthetize the evidence of the experiments that study the effects of foods embedded in children’s entertainment media throughout a systematic review, to conduct two meta-analyses (food choice and intake) in order to quantify the effects, and to examine to what extent the effects of foods embedded in entertainment media varies across different moderating variables. We conducted a systematic search of five databases for studies published up to July 2018 regarding terms related to children and foods embedded in entertainment media. We identified 26 eligible articles, of which 13 (20 effect sizes) and 7 (13 effect sizes) were considered for a meta-analysis on food choice and intake, respectively. Most of the studies were assessed as having a middle risk of bias. Overall, food being embedded in entertainment media is a strategy that affects the eating behaviors of children. As most of the embedded foods in the included studies had low nutritional values, urgent measures are needed to address the problem of childhood obesity.

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“…Television (TV) cooking shows are one of these tools that can be used to address barriers to cooking and consuming a healthy diet. Episodes teach cooking skills, increase confidence and introduce a variety of ingredients and sourcing sustainable food [8,9]. This paper will discuss barriers to a healthy diet used as an evidence base for the development of an intervention aimed to promote healthy eating behaviors across socio-economic levels.…”

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A Sustainable Cooking Show Intervention to Address Barriers Contributing to Suboptimal Diets

Gustin¹,

Gray²

2018

J Nutr Food Sci

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This paper will discuss barriers to a healthy diet used as an evidence base for the development of an intervention aimed to promote healthy sustainable eating behaviors across socioeconomic levels. An eleven-segment cooking intervention aimed to address how to source, store and prepare inexpensive nutrient-dense sustainable food with the goal to decrease suboptimal diets while supporting change at the farming level through purchasing power influence. A 31.7% response rate was obtained from a volunteer sample from three different communities in Southern California. After receiving the intervention, shopping, planning and consumption patterns shifted toward healthier habits. The significant change in participants' understanding of the meaning of sustainable food was accompanied by changes in where they shop as well as their shopping frequency. The videos provide an engaging format to deliver the information and suggest that relevant TV cooking programs can impact barriers to cooking and provide access to health information.

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Seeing is doing. The implicit effect of TV cooking shows on children's use of ingredients

Cited by 17 publications

References 55 publications

An experimental investigation of the effect of TV cooking show consumption on children's food choice behaviour

An experimental investigation of the effect of TV cooking show consumption on children's food choice behaviour

The Effects of Foods Embedded in Entertainment Media on Children’s Food Choices and Food Intake: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

A Sustainable Cooking Show Intervention to Address Barriers Contributing to Suboptimal Diets

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