1. Access to television and food choices and preferences of community school children in Papua New Guinea.
- Author
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Kukari, Arnold and Ogoba, Erica
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FOOD preferences , *SCHOOL food , *COMMUNITY-school relationships , *SCHOOL children , *NUTRITIONAL value - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether or not access to television has an effect on Papua New Guinean community school children's food choices and preferences. The participants in the study were 244 pupils between the ages of 7 and 12 from 4 community schools in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Data were collected mainly through the use of questionnaires. It was found that the variables of access to television, number of hours children spent watching television during children's hours, and the frequency of food advertisements on television were related to community school children's food choices and preferences of foods they have seen advertised on television. It was also found that of the foods advertised on television, a significant proportion was for sugared foods and foods with low nutritional value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2016