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Table 5 Mean rate of food advertisements by food category and types of companies

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

Food and beverage category

Mean rate and percentage of food advertisements (ads per channel hour)

Total of food advertisements (n)

All companies

Mean rate of advertisements (ads per channel hour)

All companies

Mean rate of advertisements (ads per channel hour)

Transnational companies

Mean rate of advertisements (ads per channel hour)

Local companies

Mean rate of advertisements (ads per channel hour)

2014

2022

2014

2022

2014

2022

2014

2022

2014

2022

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Healthy foods

Less healthy foods

Unhealthy foods

Overall

475

659

7.4

10.3

0.3

0.8

6.3

0.7

0.4

9.2

0.1

0.4

3.3

0.3

0.2

5.8

0.2

0.4

3.0

0.4

0.2

3.4

1. Non-alcoholic beverages

158

291

2.5

4.5

0.1

0.0

2.3

0.5

0.0

4.0

0.0

0.0

1.1

0.2

0.0

2.0

0.1

0.0

1.3

0.3

0.0

2.0

2. Processed foods

93

28

1.5

2.0

0.0

0.2

1.3

0.0

0.1

2.0

0.0

0.1

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.1

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

3. Dairy products

78

129

1.5

2.0

0.0

0.1

1.1

0.2

0.2

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.0

1.6

0.0

0.1

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.4

4. Snacks

37

40

0.6

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

5. Miscellaneous (supplements and condiments)

32

33

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.8

6. Semi-processed foods

31

28

0.5

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

7. Desserts

26

19

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

8. Bakery products

20

14

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

9. Cereals and grain products

0

7

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0