Family-based treatment for obesity in tweens: a three-year longitudinal follow-up study
- Authors
- Cheon, H.J.; Fraser, J.R.; Nguyen, T.K.
- Issue Date
- Jul-2018
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Keywords
- Tweens; obesity; media; advertising; brand; family communication
- Citation
- International Journal of Advertising, v.37, no.4, pp.548 - 567
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Advertising
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 548
- End Page
- 567
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/5512
- DOI
- 10.1080/02650487.2017.1339583
- ISSN
- 0265-0487
- Abstract
- Children's increasing obesity worldwide is creating negative health and socioeconomic drawbacks. To find the determinants of obesity, this research looked at the influence of (1) media usage; (2) advertising messages/brand recognition; and (3) communication or lack of communication between parents and their children on obesity and food-related Purchase Influence Attempts (PIAs) of tweens. A 3-year longitudinal follow-up study was conducted with 68 families whose children were either obese or at risk of becoming obese. The subjects were divided into the following four groups: (1) media amount was controlled; (2) brand recognition was controlled; (3) communication channel of family members was controlled; and (4) all three conditions were controlled. Our results showed significant weight-loss and reduction in PIAs in all groups except in group 2 (brand recognition controlled). This work shows the importance of changing habits using behavioural treatment and the importance of communication among family members on obesity prevention. © 2017 Advertising Association
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