![]() ![]() It's caused when extra calories are stored in the body as fat. Northup said.Obesity is a complex issue with many causes. “It is important to understand how people develop knowledge about nutrition, including examining nutritional messages found within the media,” Dr. If these individuals think nutrition is too difficult to understand, they will probably give up trying to eat well, he said. In the context of TV use and unhealthy eating, he believed that those with a more fatalistic view toward eating well tend to eat more snack foods. In a review of the cancer prevention studies, Northup found that people who adopt a fatalistic view towards cancer, a view that it is too difficult to understand causes of cancer well enough to do anything about it-tend to have lower self-efficacy toward reducing risky behaviors that may cause cancer. Two of the measurements he used in his cross-sectional survey of 591 participants are ‘fatalistic view toward eating well’ and ‘nutritional knowledge.’ He also included ‘television and news media usage’ and ‘nutritional intake.’ Northup says the research model is based on similar measures that look at cancer prevention. “I wanted to investigate underlying psychological reasons that this relationship might exist.” “There was very little prior research on the psychological reasons this relationship might exist beyond that it’s a sedentary activity that encourages snacking,” he said. ![]() ![]() His research, however, also looks at what may be the root causes for an increase in bad eating habits while watching a lot of television. ![]() He documents the relationship between television use and unhealthy food consumption in his study published in the International Journal of Communication and Health, “Understanding the Relationship between Television Use and Unhealthy Eating: The Mediating Role of Fatalistic Views of Eating Well and Nutritional Knowledge.” “A common explanation for this is that TV watching is sedentary and encourages snacking.” “In essence, the number of hours of TV you watch per day, the more unhealthy foods you eat,” Dr. Northup suggests that because consumers are inundated with advertising for unhealthy food and messages about the latest trends in what you should or shouldn’t eat, they develop poor attitudes toward and knowledge about eating well. Previous studies found a relationship between TV use in terms of the number of hours watched per day and unhealthy food consumption. “In turn, those two items predicted snacking behaviors.” “I found people who watch more TV had both a poorer understanding of proper nutrition and a more fatalistic view toward eating well compared to those who watched less TV,” said Dr. News & Events Excessive television watching linked to unhealthy eating Communication professor Temple Northup suggests reasons why TV watching is connected to poor eating habitsĪ recent study conducted by communication professor Temple Northup suggests people who watch excessive amounts of TV tend to eat more unhealthy foods and might not understand the foundations of a healthy diet.
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