Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating Effect of Television Advertising on Food Intake in Children: Why Such a Sensitive Topic is Lacking Top-Level Evidence?

Auteur(s) :
Gregori D., Ballali S., Vecchio MG., Sciré AS., Foltran F., Berchialla P.
Date :
Sep, 2014
Source(s) :
ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION. #53:5 p562-577
Adresse :
Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences , University of Padova , Padova , Italy. [email protected]

Sommaire de l'article

The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of evidence coming from randomized controlled trials (RCT) aimed at assessing the effect of television advertising on food intake in children from 4 to 12 years old. Randomized controlled trials were searched in PubMed database and included if they assessed the effect of direct exposure to television food advertising over the actual energy intake of children. Seven studies out of 2166 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The association between television advertising and energy intake is based on a very limited set of randomized researches lacking a solid ground of first-level evidence.

Source : Pubmed
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