Table 4 Mean rate of TV food and beverage advertisements on weekdays and weekends by food classification in 2014 (n = 475) and 2022 (n = 659)
TV | Weekdays (Monday-Friday) (advertisements per channel-hour) | Weekend days (Saturday-Sunday) (advertisements per channel-hour) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy foods | Less healthy foods | Unhealthy foods | Healthy foods | Less healthy foods | Unhealthy foods | |
Year 2014 | 0.4 (15) | 0.7 (29) | 6.9 (276) | 0.2 (5) | 0.9 (21) | 5.4 (129) |
    3 | 0.5 (6) | 0.9 (18) | 6.1 (122) | 0.3 (3) | 0.7 (8) | 5.4 (65) |
    7 | 0.3 (9) | 0.6 (11) | 7.7 (154) | 0.2 (2) | 1.1 (13) | 5.3 (64) |
Year 2022 | 0.8 (31) | 0.3 (10) | 8.9 (355) | 0.5 (13) | 0.7 (17) | 9.7 (233) |
    3 | 0.9 (18) | 0.5 (10) | 13.8 (276) | 0.3 (4) | 0.4 (5) | 10.3 (124) |
    7 | 0.7 (13) | 0.0 (0) | 4.0 (79) | 0.8 (9) | 1.0 (12) | 9.1 (109) |