Table 2.
Assessment of product categories and use of health claims in portraying older people in TV food commercials in Mainland of China.
| Product categories | Use of health claims |
|
|---|---|---|
| Yes |
No |
|
| (n = 56) | (n = 108) | |
| Healthy food | 48 | 32 |
| Dried vegetables/dried fruits | 1 | 0 |
| Fruit juice/vegetable juice/water | 5 | 8 |
| Other soft beverages | 2 | 8 |
| Dairy | 22 | 7 |
| Cereals | 2 | 3 |
| Condiments | 7 | 2 |
| Low-concentration alcoholic beverages | 0 | 4 |
| Tonics | 9 | 0 |
| Unhealthy food | 8 | 76 |
| Fast food/fast food restaurants | 0 | 8 |
| Convenient processed food | 2 | 5 |
| Cookies/desserts/snacks | 1 | 11 |
| Cakes/pastries | 1 | 1 |
| Candy/chocolate/gum | 0 | 12 |
| Sweetened drinks/soda drinks | 0 | 14 |
| Liquor | 4 | 25 |