Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media

Abstract Television consumption influences perceptions of attractive female body size. However, cross-cultural research examining media influence on body ideals is typically confounded by differences in the availability of reliable and diverse foodstuffs. 112 participants were recruited from 3 Nicar...

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Autores principales:	Jean-Luc Jucker, Tracey Thornborrow, Ulrik Beierholm, D. Michael Burt, Robert A. Barton, Elizabeth H. Evans, Mark A. Jamieson, Martin J. Tovée, Lynda G. Boothroyd
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c7ca4edac17748eea41d47a533229ac42021-12-02T16:06:30ZNutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media10.1038/s41598-017-08653-z2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/c7ca4edac17748eea41d47a533229ac42017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08653-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Television consumption influences perceptions of attractive female body size. However, cross-cultural research examining media influence on body ideals is typically confounded by differences in the availability of reliable and diverse foodstuffs. 112 participants were recruited from 3 Nicaraguan villages that differed in television consumption and nutritional status, such that the contribution of both factors could be revealed. Participants completed a female figure preference task, reported their television consumption, and responded to several measures assessing nutritional status. Communities with higher television consumption and/or higher nutritional status preferred thinner female bodies than communities with lower television consumption and/or lower nutritional status. Bayesian mixed models estimated the plausible range of effects for television consumption, nutritional status, and other relevant variables on individual preferences. The model explained all meaningful differences between our low-nutrition villages, and television consumption, after sex, was the most likely of these predictors to contribute to variation in preferences (probability mass >95% when modelling only variables with zero-order associations with preferences, but only 90% when modelling all possible predictors). In contrast, we found no likely link with nutritional status. We thus found evidence that where media access and nutritional status are confounded, media is the more likely predictor of body ideals.Jean-Luc JuckerTracey ThornborrowUlrik BeierholmD. Michael BurtRobert A. BartonElizabeth H. EvansMark A. JamiesonMartin J. TovéeLynda G. BoothroydNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Jean-Luc Jucker Tracey Thornborrow Ulrik Beierholm D. Michael Burt Robert A. Barton Elizabeth H. Evans Mark A. Jamieson Martin J. Tovée Lynda G. Boothroyd Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media
description	Abstract Television consumption influences perceptions of attractive female body size. However, cross-cultural research examining media influence on body ideals is typically confounded by differences in the availability of reliable and diverse foodstuffs. 112 participants were recruited from 3 Nicaraguan villages that differed in television consumption and nutritional status, such that the contribution of both factors could be revealed. Participants completed a female figure preference task, reported their television consumption, and responded to several measures assessing nutritional status. Communities with higher television consumption and/or higher nutritional status preferred thinner female bodies than communities with lower television consumption and/or lower nutritional status. Bayesian mixed models estimated the plausible range of effects for television consumption, nutritional status, and other relevant variables on individual preferences. The model explained all meaningful differences between our low-nutrition villages, and television consumption, after sex, was the most likely of these predictors to contribute to variation in preferences (probability mass >95% when modelling only variables with zero-order associations with preferences, but only 90% when modelling all possible predictors). In contrast, we found no likely link with nutritional status. We thus found evidence that where media access and nutritional status are confounded, media is the more likely predictor of body ideals.
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author	Jean-Luc Jucker Tracey Thornborrow Ulrik Beierholm D. Michael Burt Robert A. Barton Elizabeth H. Evans Mark A. Jamieson Martin J. Tovée Lynda G. Boothroyd
author_facet	Jean-Luc Jucker Tracey Thornborrow Ulrik Beierholm D. Michael Burt Robert A. Barton Elizabeth H. Evans Mark A. Jamieson Martin J. Tovée Lynda G. Boothroyd
author_sort	Jean-Luc Jucker
title	Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media
title_short	Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media
title_full	Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media
title_fullStr	Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media
title_full_unstemmed	Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media
title_sort	nutritional status and the influence of tv consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/c7ca4edac17748eea41d47a533229ac4
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Nutritional status and the influence of TV consumption on female body size ideals in populations recently exposed to the media

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