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Effects of food and nutrition information by mass-media on the dietary habits

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13680143
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 食生活
Research InstitutionGunma University

Principal Investigator

TAKAHASHI Kuniko  Gunma University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (50206801)

Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Keywordsfood faddism / mass-media / dietary habits / popular health magazine / TV program focused on health / food / nutrition information / 健康情報
Research Abstract

Information relating to food and nutrition is a common feature of Japanese society. This information includes both fact and myth and the misinformation occasionally interferes with nutrition education. The leading source of misinformation was TV followed by magazines. Therefore food/nutrition information provided popular health magazine and TV program was examined.
1. Newspaper advertisement of 3 popular health magazines was surveyed for 15 years (1986-2000). Those magazines have many food/nutrition information relating to protect or cure some diseases. The articles relating to weight reduction, benefit for hypertension and diabetes were high-ranking.
2. TV program "OT" was recorded on video tape for 6 months from February to July, 2002. This TV program is one of the famous entertainment talk show and the theme is always "health". The most topic of the program was food relating to health. There were some misinformation or items which mislead many audience by their sensationalism.
3. The effect of the TV program's food/nutrition information relating to health on the dietary habits was surveyed by a questionnaire method. It was found that many people were affected by information provided TV program.
It is important social aspect of nutrition education that mass media do not offer irresponsible information.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 高橋久仁子: "いわゆる健康雑誌の新聞広告に出現する食品類と疾患"群馬大学教育学部紀要 芸術・技術・体育・生活科学編. 38. 219-229 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] "Food and diseases in newspaper advertisement of popular health magazine"Annual Report of the Faculty of Education, Gunma University. Art, Technology, Health and Physical Education, and Science of Human Living Series. 38. 219-229 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 高橋久仁子: "いわゆる健康雑誌の新聞広告に出現する食品類と疾患"群馬大学教育学部紀要 芸術・技術・体育・生活科学編. 37(印刷中). (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2001-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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