| Literature DB >> 21605388 |
Jean Adams1, Emma Simpson, Martin White.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are recognised nationally and internationally as key public health challenges. Food and drink advertising is one of the array of factors that influence both diet and physical activity choices and, hence, body weight and obesity. Little previous work has focused on food and drink advertising in magazines. We studied food and drink advertising in a wide range of popular UK monthly women's magazines published over a full year. We explored differences in the prevalence of food and drink advertising and the type of food and drinks advertised according to season, magazine type and socio-economic profile of readers.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21605388 PMCID: PMC3121635 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-368
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Public Health ISSN: 1471-2458 Impact factor: 3.295
UK monthly women's magazines included in study
| Publication | Cover price of first issue (£) | N issues per year | First issue in sample | Magazine type | Monthly readership | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall3 | ABC14 | C2DE5 | ||||||||
| BBC Good Food | 3.10 | 12 | April 2008 | Food and homes | 1149 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.41 | Most |
| Company | 2.00 | 12 | May 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 647 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.63 | Least |
| Cosmopolitan | 3.20 | 12 | April 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 1756 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 0.52 | Middle |
| Country Living | 3.50 | 12 | April 2008 | Food and homes | 798 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.41 | Most |
| Elle | 3.30 | 12 | May 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 854 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.55 | Middle |
| Glamour | 2.00 | 12 | April 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 1236 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.52 | Middle |
| Good Housekeeping | 3.30 | 12 | May 2008 | General interest | 1589 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.40 | Most |
| Hair | 2.99 | 10 | June 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 677 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.87 | Least |
| Homes & Garden | 3.40 | 12 | May 2008 | Food and homes | 878 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.48 | Middle |
| House & Garden | 3.60 | 12 | April 2008 | Food and homes | 792 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.55 | Least |
| House Beautiful | 3.10 | 11 | May 2008 | Food and homes | 505 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.43 | Most |
| Ideal Home | 3.10 | 12 | May 2008 | Food and homes | 1050 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.62 | Least |
| Marie Claire | 3.20 | 12 | May 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 1217 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.48 | Middle |
| Mother & Baby | 2.60 | 12 | May 2008 | General interest | 678 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.33 | Least |
| Prima | 2.50 | 12 | May 2008 | General interest | 684 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.75 | Least |
| Red | 3.30 | 12 | April 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 693 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.29 | Most |
| Vogue | 3.80 | 12 | April 2008 | Lifestyle and beauty | 1230 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.45 | Most |
| Woman & Home | 3.40 | 12 | May 2008 | General interest | 813 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.50 | Middle |
1Data obtained from National Readership Survey (NRS), October 2006 - September 2007, restricted to adults aged 15 years or older, see reference[16]. 2As calculated by NRS. 3All adults aged 15 years and older. 4Adults aged 15 years and older in non-manual social classes, as defined and calculated by NRS. 5Adults aged 15 years and older in manual social classes, as defined and calculated by NRS. 6Ratio of percentage of population in manual social classes (C2DE) who read the magazine:percentage of population in non-manual social classes (ABC1) who read the magazine. 7Tertiles of C2DE:ABC1 ratio; most = most affluent readership, lowest C2DE:ABC1 ratio; least = least affluent readership, highest C2DE:ABC1 ratio; middle = intermediate readership, intermediate C2DE:ABC1 ratio.
Advertisements in UK monthly women's magazines overall and by season, magazine type and relative affluence of readers
| N publications | N issues | N pages | N adverts | N (%) pages that were adverts | N (%) adverts that were for food | N (%) pages that were food adverts | % advertising pages that were for food | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 18 | 213 | 49 289 | 35 053 | 19 543 (39.6) | 1380 (3.9) | 1452 (2.9) | 7.4 | |
| Season | |||||||||
| Spring | 18 | 52 | 12 145 | 8626 | 4812 (39.6) | 236 (2.7) | 241 (2.0) | 5.0 | |
| Summer | 18 | 54 | 11 519 | 8454 | 4445 (38.6) | 400 (4.7) | 423 (3.7) | 9.5 | |
| Autumn | 18 | 54 | 14 269 | 10 039 | 6079 (42.6) | 428 (4.3) | 450 (3.2) | 7.4 | |
| Winter | 18 | 53 | 11 356 | 7934 | 4207 (37.0) | 316 (4.0) | 339 (3.0) | 8.1 | |
| χ2 (p-value); df = 3 | 89.6 (<0.001) | 49.9 (<0.001) | 62.7 (<0.001) | 71.5 (<0.001) | |||||
| Magazine type | |||||||||
| Lifestyle & beauty | 8 | 94 | 25 473 | 16 088 | 11 039 (43.3) | 562 (3.5) | 593 (2.3) | 5.4 | |
| Food & homes | 6 | 71 | 14 160 | 13 577 | 5202 (36.7) | 362 (2.7) | 370 (2.6) | 7.1 | |
| General interest | 4 | 48 | 9656 | 5388 | 3303 (34.2) | 456 (8.5) | 490 (5.1) | 14.8 | |
| χ2 (p-value); df = 2 | 314.4 (<0.001) | 358.2 (<0.001) | 192.4 (<0.001) | 331.9 (<0.001) | |||||
| Affluence tertile | |||||||||
| Least | 6 | 71 | 12 882 | 9231 | 4256 (33.0) | 255 (2.8) | 259 (2.0) | 6.1 | |
| Middle | 6 | 72 | 20 057 | 12 227 | 8410 (41.9) | 496 (4.1) | 517 (2.6) | 6.1 | |
| Most | 6 | 70 | 16 350 | 13 595 | 6876 (42.1) | 629 (4.6) | 676 (4.1) | 9.8 | |
| χ2 (p-value); df = 2 | 318.5 (<0.001) | 51.2 (<0.001) | 129.7 (<0.001) | 88.9 (<0.001) | |||||
Adverts = advertisements; df = degrees of freedom
Categories of branded foods advertised in UK monthly women's magazines overall and by season, magazine type and relative affluence of readers
| Alcohol | Bread, rice potatoes,
| Food & drinks high
| Fruits & vegetables | Meat, fish, eggs, beans | Milk & dairy
| Other foods | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All, n(%) | 139 (10.1) | 264 (19.3) | 386 (28.0) | 28 (2.0) | 57 (4.1) | 218 (15.8) | 288 (20.9) |
| Season | |||||||
| Spring, n(%) | 9 (3.8) | 64 (27.1) | 53 (22.5) | 6 (2.5) | 18 (7.6) | 36 (15.3) | 50 (21.2) |
| Summer, n(%) | 45 (11.3) | 60 (15.0) | 135 (33.8) | 5 (1.5) | 10 (2.5) | 67 (16.8) | 77 (19.3) |
| Autumn, n(%) | 40 (9.4) | 90 (21.0) | 118 (27.6) | 8 (1.9) | 16 (3.7) | 70 (16.4) | 86 (20.1) |
| Winter, n(%) | 45 (14.2) | 50 (15.8) | 80 (25.3) | 8 (2.5) | 13 (4.1) | 45 (14.2) | 75 (23.7) |
| χ2 (p-value), df = 3 | 17.1 (0.001) | 17.4 (0.001) | 11.3 (0.010) | 1.3 (0.721) | 10.1 (0.017) | 1.0 (0.801) | 2.4 (0.498) |
| Magazine type | |||||||
| Lifestyle & beauty, n(%) | 114 (20.3) | 69 (12.3) | 165 (29.4) | 5 (0.9) | 15 (2.7) | 91 (6.2) | 103 (18.3) |
| Food & homes, n(%) | 21 (5.8) | 95 (26.2) | 97 (26.8) | 9 (2.5) | 16 (4.4) | 45 (12.4) | 79 (21.8) |
| General interest, n(%) | 4 (0.9) | 100 (21.9) | 124 (27.2) | 14 (3.1) | 26 (5.7) | 82 (18.0) | 106 (23.3) |
| χ2 (p-value), df = 2 | 114.6 (<0.001) | 31.2 (<0.001) | 0.9 (0.630) | 6.5 (0.038) | 6.0 (0.051) | 4.8 (0.091) | 4.0 (0.138) |
| Affluence tertile | |||||||
| Least, n(%) | 7 (2.8) | 57 (22.4) | 81 (31.8) | 5 (2.0) | 8 (3.1) | 36 (14.1) | 61 (23.9) |
| Middle, n(%) | 87 (17.5) | 77 (15.5) | 145 (29.2) | 5 (1.0) | 11 (2.2) | 74 (14.9) | 97 (19.6) |
| Most, n(%) | 45 (7.2) | 130 (20.7) | 160 (25.4) | 18 (2.9) | 38 (6.0) | 108 (17.2) | 130 (20.7) |
| χ2 (p-value), df = 2 | 51.6 (<0.001) | 6.8 (0.033) | 4.2 (0.121) | 4.8 (0.091) | 11.0 (0.004) | 1.7 (0.423) | 2.0 (0.373) |
df = degrees of freedom