Influencing children: food cues in YouTube content from child and youth influencers

Autor: Brigitte Naderer, Maria Wakolbinger, Sandra Haider, Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Magdalena Muc, Emma Boyland, Eva Winzer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20870-6
Popis: Abstract Digital marketing of unhealthy foods is linked to childhood obesity. This study evaluated nutrient quality and creative strategies of food cues on social media, focusing on child/youth influencers, to inform the ongoing digital media regulatory debate. Using the WHO’s Monitoring of Marketing of Unhealthy Products to Children and Adolescents protocol, 162 videos from seven child/youth influencers’ YouTube accounts with German content (33.8 h) were analyzed, classifying foods and beverages as permitted or not based on the WHO Nutrient Profile Model. Two-thirds (67%) of the n = 901 food cues analyzed were not permitted for marketing to children, 30.4% were permitted, and 2.6% were miscellaneous. Chocolate had the biggest proportion (19.8%). Child-appealing food cues were significantly more likely to feature not permitted foods than permitted foods (91.1% vs. 71.9%, p
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