TELEVISION AND CHILDRENS CONCEPTIONS OF NUTRITION

Authors
SIGNORIELLI N STAPLES J
Citation
N. Signorielli et J. Staples, TELEVISION AND CHILDRENS CONCEPTIONS OF NUTRITION, Health communication, 9(4), 1997, pp. 289-301
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Communication,"Heath Policy & Services
Journal title
Health communication → ACNP
ISSN journal
10410236
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
289 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-0236(1997)9:4<289:TACCON>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
This cultivation analysis examined the association between television viewing and perceptions of nutrition in a sample of 427 fourth-and fif th-grade students. There was a strong positive relation between televi sion viewing and having unhealthy perceptions of nutrition. This corre lation withstood controls for gender, race, reading level, parents' ed ucational level, and parents' occupation.