Al-Mazyad, M, Flannigan, N, Burnside, G, Higham, S and Boyland, E
(2017)
Food advertisements on UK television popular with children: a content analysis in relation to dental health.
British dental journal, 222 (3).
171 - 176.
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Abstract
Objective To quantify the prevalence of advertising for foods and beverages potentially detrimental to dental health on UK television watched by children.Design Content analysis of pre-recorded television advertisements (adverts).Materials and methods Three hundred and fifty-two hours of television were recorded (one weekday and one weekend day, 6 am - 10 pm) from the main commercial channel (ITV1). All adverts were coded using pre-defined criteria.Setting UK television recorded between January and December 2012.Results Of 9,151 adverts, foods and beverages were the second most commonly advertised products (16.7%; n = 1,532). Nearly two-thirds of food adverts were for items that are potentially harmful to dental health (61%; n = 934). Of these, 96.6% were cariogenic and 11% were acidogenic foods. During peak children's viewing hours, the proportion of foods that are potentially harmful to dental health was significantly higher than for non-harmful foods (65.9% vs. 34.1%; p = 0.011). Adverts for foods potentially harmful to dental health were rare around children's programmes, but significantly more frequent during other programmes watched by children (p <0.001).Conclusion UK children are exposed to a particularly high proportion of advertisements for foods that are potentially detrimental to their dental health during their peak viewing hours and around the programmes they watch the most.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans, Food Industry, Television, Child, Oral Health, Advertising as Topic, United Kingdom |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2019 10:06 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 00:28 |
DOI: | 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.120 |
URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3052288 |