Table 1.

Selected studies on the impact of TV programs on culinary choices.

Source	The Aim of the Study	Research Sample	Effect
Dixon et al., 2007 [39]	The effects of television advertisements for junk food on children’s food attitudes and preferences	19 grade 5 and 6 students from schools in Melbourne, Australia	Positive if we advertise nutrition food
Ejsymont et al., 2010 [40]	Assessment of the impact of television culinary programs on shaping the nutritional behavior of viewers	134 Internet users	Positive
Boulos et al., 2012 [41]	How television is influencing the obesity epidemic	Obese children in the USA	Negative
Lane and Fisher, 2015 [1]	To investigate the exposure of a student population to celebrity chef television programs and to assess the influence these figures have and how they are perceived	A survey through an online questionnaire distributed at Bath Spa University—238 persons	Positive
Villani et al., 2015 [2]	To investigate people’s attitudes and beliefs about popular television cooking programs and celebrity chefs	207 participants undertook the questionnaire	Neutral
Temeloğlu and Taşpınar, 2018 [6]	To determine the relationship between the cooking shows on TV and the people’s intention of participating in gastronomic tourism	391 tourists that participated in gastronomic tourism	Positive
Ngqangashe et al., 2018 [42]	The effect of TV cooking show consumption on children’s food choice behavior	A sample of 85 children (32 girls and 48 boys) from two schools with comparable student profiles in terms of sociodemographic characteristics	Positive
Kizileli et al., 2019 [33]	To examine how celebrity chefs influenced the nutrition planning of their viewers	The study population was adult television viewers (≥18 years of age)—244 female and 144 male	Neutral
Folkvord et al., 2020 [43]	To test the effects of a cooking program on healthy food decisions	Class settings in 5 different schools	Positive if we advertise nutrition food
Fraga et al., 2020 [44]	To verify the effects of buying television-advertised food on schoolchildren eating behavior	797 children were evaluated, the mean age was 9.81 (0.59) years, 50.7% were female, and 32.4% were overweight	Neutral

Source: own study based on [1,2,6,33,39,40,41,42,43,44].