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Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity rates in Western developed countries are rapidly increasing. While research shows that eating more fruits and vegetables (FV) is a preventive measure, children do not eat adequate amounts of FV. Marketing of high salt, fat, and sugar foods influences children’s eating b...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9081710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35511550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580221100165 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity rates in Western developed countries are rapidly increasing. While research shows that eating more fruits and vegetables (FV) is a preventive measure, children do not eat adequate amounts of FV. Marketing of high salt, fat, and sugar foods influences children’s eating behaviors, decreases FV consumption, and is prevalent in children’s surroundings. Garnering the power of ads on children, a potential solution for increasing FV consumption is FV marketing/advertising. Schools can serve as a viable option for testing this advertising because a significant amount of children’s time is spent in school settings. However, research surrounding the use of FV advertising in schools is lacking in a consensus on the most effective methodologies. OBJECTIVE: This paper reviewed existing research on FV advertising in schools and proposed directions for future research surrounding methodology and experimental design. STUDY DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: PubMed and PsycINFO databases were searched with variations of the terms “vegetable,” “marketing,” “advertisements,” “consumption,” and “schools” (eg, “vegetable consumption AND advertisements AND schools”. Study inclusion criteria were: conducted in school settings, used FV marketing as primary intervention, and measured change in FV consumption or preference. MEASURABLE OUTCOME/ANALYSIS: This review qualitatively compared the studies’ participant demographics, methodologies, and measures of success, and evaluated the studies’ strengths and weaknesses. RESULTS: Of the 38 articles reviewed, 8 met the inclusion criteria. Five studies examined elementary school populations; 4 were conducted in cafeterias. Major forms of advertising/interventions were print media, video media, and classroom education interventions, of which print media was the most widely used. Three articles utilized change in consumption of FV as a measure of success, while others measured change in preference. All studies reported increased consumption/preference in at least 1 intervention during or immediately after the intervention. However, only 4 studies conducted follow-up testing. CONCLUSION: FV advertisements in schools appear to be effective in increasing FV consumption among children. To develop implementable advertising, future studies should maintain cohesive methodologies by controlling for novelty effects, conducting follow-up testing, and measuring actual FV consumption rather than preference. |
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spelling | pubmed-90817102022-05-10 Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Oke, Shariwa Tan, Marcia Inquiry Review Articles (excluding Systematic Reviews) BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity rates in Western developed countries are rapidly increasing. While research shows that eating more fruits and vegetables (FV) is a preventive measure, children do not eat adequate amounts of FV. Marketing of high salt, fat, and sugar foods influences children’s eating behaviors, decreases FV consumption, and is prevalent in children’s surroundings. Garnering the power of ads on children, a potential solution for increasing FV consumption is FV marketing/advertising. Schools can serve as a viable option for testing this advertising because a significant amount of children’s time is spent in school settings. However, research surrounding the use of FV advertising in schools is lacking in a consensus on the most effective methodologies. OBJECTIVE: This paper reviewed existing research on FV advertising in schools and proposed directions for future research surrounding methodology and experimental design. STUDY DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: PubMed and PsycINFO databases were searched with variations of the terms “vegetable,” “marketing,” “advertisements,” “consumption,” and “schools” (eg, “vegetable consumption AND advertisements AND schools”. Study inclusion criteria were: conducted in school settings, used FV marketing as primary intervention, and measured change in FV consumption or preference. MEASURABLE OUTCOME/ANALYSIS: This review qualitatively compared the studies’ participant demographics, methodologies, and measures of success, and evaluated the studies’ strengths and weaknesses. RESULTS: Of the 38 articles reviewed, 8 met the inclusion criteria. Five studies examined elementary school populations; 4 were conducted in cafeterias. Major forms of advertising/interventions were print media, video media, and classroom education interventions, of which print media was the most widely used. Three articles utilized change in consumption of FV as a measure of success, while others measured change in preference. All studies reported increased consumption/preference in at least 1 intervention during or immediately after the intervention. However, only 4 studies conducted follow-up testing. CONCLUSION: FV advertisements in schools appear to be effective in increasing FV consumption among children. To develop implementable advertising, future studies should maintain cohesive methodologies by controlling for novelty effects, conducting follow-up testing, and measuring actual FV consumption rather than preference. SAGE Publications 2022-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9081710/ /pubmed/35511550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580221100165 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Review Articles (excluding Systematic Reviews) Oke, Shariwa Tan, Marcia Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title | Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_full | Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_fullStr | Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_full_unstemmed | Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_short | Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption |
title_sort | techniques for advertising healthy food in school settings to increase fruit and vegetable consumption |
topic | Review Articles (excluding Systematic Reviews) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9081710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35511550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580221100165 |
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