Journal of Holistic Nursing And Midwifery
مجله پرستاری و مامایی جامع نگر
JHNM
Literature & Humanities
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Junk Food Consumption among High School Students in Iran: The Role of Food Advertising
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پژوهشي
Research
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<td width="550"><span class="fontstyle0">Introduction: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Adolescence is one of the most important periods of human development.<br>
Nutrition plays an important role in health and prevention of disease during this period. Food<br>
advertising influences food purchase and food consumption among children and adolescents.<br>
Most of these advertisements are about the foods high in fat, salt and sugar. High exposure<br>
to these kinds of advertisements increases the tendency towards consuming junk foods in<br>
adolescents.</span><br>
<span class="fontstyle0">Objective: </span><span class="fontstyle2">This study aimed to determine the junk food consumption by the exposure to junk<br>
food advertisements among high school students.</span><br>
<span class="fontstyle0">Materials and Methods: </span><span class="fontstyle2">this analytical study with cross-sectional design, 341 students<br>
from public high schools in Rasht, north ofIran were selected by cluster random sampling<br>
method. Data were collected by a valid and reliable researcher-made questionnaire. The<br>
questionnaire was a self-report designed by the researcher which had two parts adapted<br>
from similar studies. The first part records demographic characteristics of students, and<br>
the second part assess the source and frequency of exposure to fast food/junk food<br>
advertisement and the frequency of fast food/junk food Consumption Data Analysis was<br>
performed using Kruskal-Wallis test at a significance level of 0.05.</span><br>
<span class="fontstyle0">Results: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Most of the subjects (52.2%) were female and in the 11</span><span class="fontstyle2" style="font-size:5pt;">th </span><span class="fontstyle2">grade (37.2%). In terms<br>
of the frequency of exposure to junk food advertisement, 37.2%, 33. 4% and 15.3% of<br>
subjects reported “from time to time”, “quite often” and “very often”, respectively. Regarding<br>
the source of exposure tojunk food advertisement, 51.9% were exposed to more than one<br>
advertising source. The Kruskal-Wallis test results showed a significant difference in junk<br>
food consumption frequency based on the frequency of exposure to food advertisement<br>
(P=0.0001).</span><br>
<span class="fontstyle0">Conclusion: </span><span class="fontstyle2">High exposure to junk food advertisement can be associated with high<br>
consumption of junk foods and subsequently having chronic diseases in adulthood. Therefore,<br>
it is necessary to control the food advertising and provide a legal framework for supervising it.</span></td>
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Saeid
Moradi Latreyi
0000-0003-2151-736X
No
Nuring (MSN), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
Leila
Mirhadyan
Lm30075@yahoo.com
0000-0003-4067-7131
Yes
PhD. Candidate in Educational Administration, Social Determinants of Health Research Center (SDHRC), Instructor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
Afsaneh
Pasha
0000-0002-2464-851X
No
Instructor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
Ehsan
Kazemnezhad Leili
0000-0002-9195-9094
No
Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center (SDHRC), Biostatistics, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran