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Table 2 Mean rate of food advertisements by types of companies and food classification in 2014 and 2022

From: A comparative analysis of unhealthy food and beverage television advertising to children in Thailand, between 2014 and 2022

Channel

Total ads

Mean rate of food advertisements (ads per channel-hour) (n)

Ratio of healthy to unhealthy foods

non-food

all food ads

All companies

Transnational companies

Local companies

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Year 2014

1,128

10.2 (653)

7.4 (475)

0.3 (20)

0.8 (50)

6.3 (405)

0.1 (9)

0.4 (26)

3.3 (212)

0.2 (11)

0.4 (24)

3.0 (193)

1:20.3

    3

618

12.3 (393)

7.0 (225)

0.4 (12)

0.8 (26)

5.8 (187)

0.3 (8)

0.4 (12)

3.0 (95)

0.1 (4)

0.4 (14)

2.9 (92)

1:15.6

    7

510

8.1 (260)

7.8 (250)

0.3 (8)

0.8 (24)

6.8 (281)

0.0 (1)

0.4 (14)

3.7 (117)

0.2 (7)

0.3 (10)

3.2 (101)

1:27.3

Year 2022

2,529

29.2 (1,870)

10.3 (659)

0.7 (44)

0.4 (27)

9.2 (588)

0.3 (20)

0.2 (13)

4.8 (368)

0.4 (24)

0.2 (14)

4.0 (220)

1: 13.4

    3

1,261

25.8 (824)

13.7 (437)

0.7 (22)

0.5 (15)

12.5 (400)

0.4 (14)

0.3 (9)

7.9 (252)

0.3 (8)

0.2 (6)

4.7 (148)

1:18.2

    7

1,268

32.7 (1,046)

6.9 (222)

0.7 (22)

0.4 (12)

5.9 (188)

0.2 (6)

0.1 (4)

3.6 (116)

0.5 (16)

0.3 (8)

2.3 (72)

1:8:5