Are 30-Minute Cooking Shows on the Food Network an Option for Dietitians to Recommend During Counseling?

Silva, Nicole; Bonaventura, Ellen di; Byrnes, C. M.; Herbold, Nancie

doi:10.1097/tin.0b013e3181d10856

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“…A 2010 study by Silva et al ( 28 ) applied a healthy recipe index to 204 recipes featured on 2 Food Network shows and found that recipes were ranked as less than healthy by the index measure. Further analysis found that the recipes analyzed were excessive in energy, saturated fat, and sodium based on a 2,300-kcal diet.…”

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Estimating the Healthiness of Internet Recipes: A Cross-sectional Study

Trattner

Elsweiler

Howard

2017

Front. Public Health

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A government’s response to increasing incidence of lifestyle-related illnesses, such as obesity, has been to encourage people to cook for themselves. The healthiness of home cooking will, nevertheless, depend on what people cook and how they cook it. In this article, one common source of cooking inspiration—Internet-sourced recipes—is investigated in depth. The energy and macronutrient content of 5,237 main meal recipes from the food website are compared with those of 100 main meal recipes from five bestselling cookery books from popular celebrity chefs and 100 ready meals from the three leading UK supermarkets. The comparison is made using nutritional guidelines published by the World Health Organization and the UK Food Standards Agency. The main conclusions drawn from our analyses are that Internet recipes sourced from are less healthy than TV chef recipes and ready meals from leading UK supermarkets. Only 6 out of 5,237 Internet recipes fully complied with the WHO recommendations. Internet recipes were more likely to meet the WHO guidelines for protein than other classes of meal (10.88 v 7% (TV), p < 0.01; 10.86 v 9% (ready), p < 0.01). However, the Internet recipes were less likely to meet the criteria for fat (14.28 v 24 (TV) v 37% (ready); p < 0.01), saturated fat (25.05 v 33 (TV) v 34% (ready); p < 0.01), and fiber (compared to ready meals 16.50 v 56%; p < 0.01). More Internet recipes met the criteria for sodium density than ready meals (19.63 v 4%; p < 0.01), but fewer than the TV chef meals (19.32 v 36%; p < 0.01). For sugar, no differences between Internet recipes and TV chef recipes were observed (81.1 v 81% (TV); p = 0.86), although Internet recipes were less likely to meet the sugar criteria than ready meals (81.1 v 83% (ready); p < 0.01). Repeating the analyses for each year of available data shows that the results are very stable over time.

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Estimating the Healthiness of Internet Recipes: A Cross-sectional Study

Trattner

Elsweiler

Howard

2017

Front. Public Health

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“…It could be argued that episodes focusing on healthy nutrition are rare, as nutritional content analyses of TV cooking shows mainly put forward a warning message about the imbalance of the meals prepared in these shows (Howard et al, 2012;Jones et al, 2012;Silva et al, 2010). These studies focused on shows targeting adults, while in this study a show targeting children was used.…”

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“…Yet, this study indicated that watching TV cooking shows focusing on healthy dietary choices may be as effective as video's designed by nutritionists in changing food choices. It could be argued that episodes focusing on healthy nutrition are rare, as nutritional content analyses of TV cooking shows mainly put forward a warning message about the imbalance of the meals prepared in these shows (Howard et al, ; Jones et al, ; Silva et al, ). These studies focused on shows targeting adults, while in this study a show targeting children was used.…”

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“…Studies that have investigated the content of TV cooking shows have concluded that their recipes do not follow guidelines for healthy eating (Howard, Adams, & White, ; Jones, Freeth, Hennessy‐Priest, & Costa, ; Silva, Di Bonaventura, Byrnes, & Herbold, ). Further, among adult women, it is known that those who watch TV cooking shows more often are more likely to consume sweet snacks (De Backer & Hudders, ), while they tend to eat more sweet snacks while watching TV cooking shows (Bodenlos & Wormuth, ).…”

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“…Studies that have investigated the content of TV cooking shows have concluded that their recipes do not follow guidelines for healthy eating (Howard, Adams, & White, 2012;Jones, Freeth, Hennessy-Priest, & Costa, 2012;Silva, Di Bonaventura, Byrnes, & Herbold, 2010).…”

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An experimental investigation of the effect of TV cooking show consumption on children's food choice behaviour

Ngqangashe

Backer

Hudders

et al. 2018

Int J Consumer Studies

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For several decades, television consumption has been crucial in the complex web of factors underlying the obesity epidemic. It has been suggested that if television cooking shows would endorse healthy eating styles, they may have positive effects on consumers’ eating habits. This study empirically investigated the consequences of exposing children (N = 85, aged 9–12 years) to an existing television cooking show episode endorsing the consumption of fruits and vegetables compared with exposure to a non‐food‐related science show. The measures included pre‐test and post‐test attitudes toward health/nutrition and fruits/vegetables, as well as state preferences for a list of healthy and unhealthy foods. At the end of the study, children were separately given the choice between a popular cookie and a piece of fruit as a reward; this was used as a behavioural measure. The results of a logistic regression on the behavioural choice measure showed that the mere exposure to one episode of the television cooking show significantly increased the odds that the children would choose a piece of fruit over a cookie. Repeated‐measures analyses showed that watching this single episode also decreased children's state appetite for unhealthy foods. State appetites for healthy foods and attitudes toward health/nutrition or fruits/vegetables did not change after watching the television cooking show episode. In sum, existing television cooking shows that endorse healthy eating positively influence children's food consumption in the short term and may have the potential to be used as platforms for nutrition education.

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