Breakfast food advertising and prevention of obesity: Analysis of the nutritional value of the products and discursive strategies used in the breakfast ads from 2015 to 2019
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- dc.contributor.author Montaña Blasco, Mireia
- dc.contributor.author Jiménez Morales, Mònika
- dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-31T07:32:06Z
- dc.date.available 2021-03-31T07:32:06Z
- dc.date.issued 2021
- dc.description.abstract Breakfast is widely considered the most important meal of the day. Despite this, the consumption of ready to eat industrial products with low nutritional value is increasing. This study correlated longitudinally the nutritional value of breakfast products with advertising discursive strategies. The research design applied quantitative analysis to compile all media advertising data from 2015 to 2019, qualitative analysis of the content, and a study of the adverts’ discourse. Moreover, a Nutri-score analysis was used to determine the products’ nutritional value. Results indicated that breakfast products advertised in Spain presented a low or very low nutritional value. In addition, they showed that the lower the nutritional value of the product, the greater the proportion of positive emotions or moods that emerge from the discourse used in the advertisement. To establish effective policies for the prevention of obesity, greater involvement of the government, and better self-regulation mechanisms for the food industry, communication agencies, and advertisers are needed. In this sense, the hedonistic language used in advertisements for unhealthy food must treated as a priority. This measure would have the aim not only of protecting minors from ads for unhealthy food that are broadcast during breakfast time but would also generate healthy eating patterns within the family.
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- dc.identifier.citation Montaña Blasco M, Jiménez Morales M. Breakfast food advertising and prevention of obesity: Analysis of the nutritional value of the products and discursive strategies used in the breakfast ads from 2015 to 2019. Nutrients. 2021;13(1):231. DOI: 10.3390/nu13010231
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010231
- dc.identifier.issn 2072-6643
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47002
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher MDPI
- dc.relation.ispartof Nutrients. 2021;13(1):231
- dc.rights © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- dc.subject.keyword Breakfast
- dc.subject.keyword Food advertising
- dc.subject.keyword Food policy
- dc.subject.keyword Media
- dc.subject.keyword Nutri-score
- dc.subject.keyword Nutritional value
- dc.subject.keyword Nutrition
- dc.subject.keyword Obesity prevention
- dc.title Breakfast food advertising and prevention of obesity: Analysis of the nutritional value of the products and discursive strategies used in the breakfast ads from 2015 to 2019
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