Salt and nutritional content of foods advertised during televised professional football games

About The Study: This cross-sectional study found that the foods advertised during National Football League games, the most watched sporting events in the U.S., were frequently high in sodium, calorie, and fat content. Although the effectiveness of sports advertising and paid sponsorships on food consumption has been studied mostly among children and young adults, adults with prevalent conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes and kidney failure, may also be vulnerable to deviations from suggested or prescribed dietary restrictions based on the frequency of exposure to advertising. 

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Paul J. Hauptman, MD, email phauptman@med.unr.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.57307)

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