Trial reportInternational journal of obesity (2005)2017
Television food advertisement exposure and FTO rs9939609 genotype in relation to excess consumption in children.
Trial report in International journal of obesity (2005), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Food marketing, eating and health outcomes in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- The association between screen use and central obesity among children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Factors Associated with Eating in the Absence of Hunger among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Screen time increases overweight and obesity risk among adolescents: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.BMC primary care · 2022Pooled it
- Screen Time and Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Food Marketing Influences Children's Attitudes, Preferences and Consumption: A Systematic Critical Review.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- The effect of screen advertising on children's dietary intake: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Genetic associations with consumption of palatable foods in the absence of hunger in response to food cues in children.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Randomized Exposure to Food Advertisements and Eating in the Absence of Hunger Among Preschoolers.Pediatrics · 2016Trial
- Composite Summary Scores Capture Obesogenic Eating Risk Among Preadolescents Using the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Validating a Short Version of the External Food Cue Responsiveness Scale (EFCR-6) in Preadolescents: Initial Evidence on Validity and Reliability.Research square · 2025Article
- Scrutinizing the impact of two self-regulation policies on unhealthy food marketing in children's popular television in Malaysia: a multiple-year repeated evaluation using a harmonized protocol.Global health action · 2025Article
- The impact of exposure to sugary drink marketing on youth brand preference and recall: a cross-sectional and multi-country analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The associations between attentional bias to food cues, parent-report appetitive traits, and concurrent adiposity among adolescents.Eating behaviors · 2024Article
- A comparative analysis of unhealthy food and beverage television advertising to children in Thailand, between 2014 and 2022.Globalization and health · 2024Article
- Genetic associations with neural reward responsivity to food cues in children.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- FTO variation and early frontostriatal brain development in children.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
- Biobehavioral susceptibility for obesity in childhood: Behavioral, genetic and neuroimaging studies of appetite.Physiology & behavior · 2023Review
- Heightened sensitivity to high-calorie foods in children at risk for obesity: insights from behavior, neuroimaging, and genetics.Brain imaging and behavior · 2023Article
- Polymorphisms of Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Gene in the Pathogenesis of Child and Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome.Nutrients · 2023Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectiveExposure to food advertisements may cue overeating among children, especially among those genetically predisposed to respond to food cues. We aimed to assess how television food advertisements affect eating in the absence of hunger among children in a randomized trial. We hypothesized that the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) rs9939609 single-nucleotide polymorphism would modify the effect of food advertisements. SUBJECTS/
methodsIn this randomized experiment, 200 children aged 9-10 years were served a standardized lunch and then shown a 34-min television show embedded with either food or toy advertisements. Children were provided with snack food to consume ad libitum while watching the show and we measured caloric intake. Children were genotyped for rs9939609 and analyses were conducted in the overall sample and stratified by genotype. A formal test for interaction of the food advertisement effect on consumption by rs9939609 was conducted.
resultsAbout 172 unrelated participants were included in this analysis. Children consumed on average 453 (s.d.=185) kcals during lunch and 482 (s.d.=274) kcals during the experimental exposure. Children who viewed food advertisements consumed an average of 48 kcals (95% confidence interval: 10, 85; P=0.01) more of a recently advertised food than those who viewed toy advertisements. There was a statistically significant interaction between genotype and food advertisement condition (P for interaction=0.02), where the difference in consumption of a recently advertised food related to food advertisement exposure increased linearly with each additional FTO risk allele, even after controlling for body mass index percentile.
conclusionsFood advertisement exposure was associated with greater caloric consumption of a recently advertised food, and this effect was modified by an FTO genotype. Future research is needed to understand the neurological mechanism underlying these associations.
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