[Food advertising: advice or merely stimulation of consumption?]. / A propaganda de alimentos: orientação, ou apenas estímulo ao consumo?
Cien Saude Colet
; 16(9): 3873-82, 2011 Sep.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21987330
Current advertising messages for food products deserve special attention, since they indicate that the media has played a central role in shaping new eating habits. The food industry, seeking to serve a new customer segment (increasingly preoccupied with health and physical well-being), and with a specific interest in this promising market, has intensified its marketing strategies for stimulating consumption of diet and light food products. This study analyzed 20 food advertisements published from June to October 2006 in Brazilian magazines and newspapers with nationwide circulation. The following elements were analyzed in the advertisements: the advertiser; the audience; the language; and the message. It was seen that the advertising message mainly targeted women, proposing guilt-free consumption, promising a combination of esthetics and health. In order to enhance their product, several advertisements omitted relevant nutritional information while others promoted hazardous combinations with pharmaceutical products, and still others induced the target public to replace regular meals with their product. The results signal the need to broaden the discussion on the strategies for food advertising, as the citizen's right to information and health cannot be subjugated to market values.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Indústria Alimentícia
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Comércio
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Publicidade
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Cien Saude Colet
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil