CLO 1 – Phase 2 (Background Report)

LSS 2533 Research Methods

CLO 1 – Phase 2 – Background Report 

Source Descriptions:

Source 1: Do TV ads affect diet, obesity?

Description:

This webpage provides research done by University of Illinois at Chicago to determine weather or not TV food advertising affects people’s diet, physical activity and weight.

Reference:

González, S. (2010, February 22). Do TV Ads Affect Children’s Diet, Obesity? Retrieved September 17, 2015. http://www.ihrp.uic.edu/content/do-tv-ads-affect-children-diet-obesity

Source 2: The impact of food advertisements on changing eating behaviors: An experimental study

Description:

This webpage provides an article that discuss how TV ads lead to junk food or bad food choices, and how can it impact on changing eating behaviors by providing examining how three types of food ads (healthy food, unhealthy food and anti-obesity )

Reference:

Kaiser, H. (2014, February 1). Science Direct. Retrieved September 17, 2015, from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919213001590

Source 3: It’s the Ads, Stupid: Why TV Leads to Obesity

Description:

This webpage does as the title says. It provides information on how and why TV leads to obesity. Among the information provided it discuss a study that been on children and statistics about the study.

Reference:

Park, A. (2011, June 27). It’s the Ads, Stupid: Why TV Leads to Obesity. Retrieved September 14, 2015, from http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/27/its-the-ads-why-tv-leads-to-obesity/