Media Use, Media Literacy, and African American Females’ Food Consumption Patterns

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One hundred twenty-nine African American women completed a survey that investigated the relationship among media use, media literacy, and food consumption. The data indicated that the frequency of news viewing was positively associated with healthy food choices and negatively associated with unhealthy ones. Moreover, media literacy was positively related to healthy food consumption and negatively related to unhealthy food consumption including visits to fast-food restaurants.View full textDownload full textKEYTERMSAfrican American, fitness, framing, health, magazine, obesity, overweight, womenRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2012.641874