Table 1. Ad frequencies of various food groups of snacks on TV channels*.
| Food groups | SSRC ads | SSMC ads | SSLC ads | Total | P value ‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | P 25-P 75 | Median | P 25-P 75 | Median | P 25-P 75 | Median | P 25-P 75 | ||
| Sweet snacks | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0–11 | 1 | 0–16 | 0.000 |
| Meat, seafood, and eggs | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–1 | 0.000 |
| Cereals | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–11 | 1 | 0–4 | 3 | 0–14 | 0.000 |
| Beans & products | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0.368 |
| Vegetable & fruit | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0.607 |
| Milk & products | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–1 | 1 | 0–5 | 0.437 |
| Nuts & seeds | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0.368 |
| Tubers | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–3 | 0 | 0–4 | 0.000 |
| Beverages | 0 | 0–0 | 10 | 1–19 | 41 | 8–62 | 49 | 11–85 | 0.000 |
| Cold drinks | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0.050 |
| Total | 0 | 0–2 | 21 | 7–36 | 58 | 25–76 | 92 | 38–128 | 0.000 |
| P value † | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||||
SSRC, snack suitable for regular consumption; SSMC, snack suitable for moderate consumption; SSLC, snack suitable for limited consumption.
* The sample was 40 TV channels.
† P value for difference among food categories by Friedman test for several related samples.
‡ P value for difference among SSRC, SSMC, and SSLC ads by Friedman test for several related samples.