Mass media such as print media, radio, and television is a very good source of info for the humanity. Each day we ,that includes children - are flooded with pictures from newspapers, magazines and commercials from television. The pictures shown from those media instruments, according to a recent study lead by Dr. Amanda S. Bruce of the University of Kansas Medical Center, have profound influence on the food choices of children.
Dr. Amanda Bruce and researchers from University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Kansas Medical Center gathered 23 youngsters with age ranges from 8 to 14 years old. The youngsters gave health and taste ratings for sixty kinds of food based on how nutritious and delicious they understood they were.
Overall, the results emphasized that kids' options for foodstuffs they craved to eat were determined by tastiness instead of it being healthy According to a report in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers discovered that watching televised commercials influenced the way kids evaluate the significance of taste whenever food selections is made.
What this study adds is that we now have evidence that children's decisions are based more on taste after watching a food commercial, Dr. Bruce told Fox News Health. If you have kids, you must really be watchful on the effect of televised commercials.
Food commercials nowadays are found all over the place. Bruce said it is in radio, billboards, online, blimps and television. Thus parents must be aware how food marketing is influencing their children, she added.
If you're a parent, take note of this: in order to put restrictions on television time which includes food commercials, expert said on Reuters that you must be mindful of the results of research and must discuss also with your kids the significance of critical thinking about food commercials.
If you really love and care about your kids, you will take this seriously. Make them watch less television and start cooking wahts healthy instead.
