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Advertisers Find A Way To Make You Gain Weight – Even With DVR

April 30, 2009 by Adria Ali Leave a Comment

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      Have you ever wondered why even after eating a whole meal; you could sit in front of the tv to watch your favorite show and suddenly become famished?  If you haven’t noticed, commercials are quite a but louder then the program you are watching.  Not only that, the commercials shown at night are geared towards food! 

     I know what you’re thinking, ” but I have DVR, I am safe from commercials.”  However, the marketing community has found a way around this.  In a sort of twisted subliminal messaging way, advertisers have found a way to reach you through that ” fast forward” option. 

The study was run by Professors S. Adam Brasel and James Gips of the Carrol School of Management at BC. They concluded that if the brand information (ie: the Pizza Hut logo or the Nike swoosh) is placed smack in the middle of the screen, viewers will not only see it, but remember it. In fact, they pay more attention to the screen than people who watch commercials at regular speed. They don’t need audio and they don’t need to see 95% of the frames (the number of frames lost when watching in fast-forward).

“Everybody is saying that TV advertising is doomed – TiVo has broken it and DVR will kill it,” said Brasel. “But it’s not like the advertising disappears when you use TiVo. We wanted to find out what happens when you fast-forward through these ads.” As a test, Brasel and Gips created two commercials using centered images for two different British candy bars. One was heavily branded and the other was lightly branded. After viewing the ads, subjects were invited to choose one of the two chocolate bars. They chose the heavily branded bar twice as often as the lightly branded bar. “We created a massive shift in behavior from a commercial lasting just over one second,” said Brasel. “It’s clear that just because an ad is being fast-forwarded, doesn’t mean it is a wasted ad (source).”

   So, what is the solution?  If fast forwarding through commercials is almost as bad as watching the whole thing; then what should we do to avoid night eating?  As Americans it is ingrained in us to watch tv.  The best way to avoid being subjected to food advertising is to just avoid tv!  If that isn’t an option for you then a more plausible option is to keep yourself busy during the commercials.  This also means that you don’t view the screen.  That way you don’t see the flash of logos during the fast forward process. 

     If you are serious about losing weight then take this information to heart and don’t be persuaded by the billions of dollars worth of marketing on television. 

Adria

(CES, PES, CPT, BS)

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About Adria Ali

I am the author of this web page and I have been a personal trainer for over 13 years. I currently hold a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology (exercise science), as well as all of the certifications from National Academy of Sports Medicine. I also have a background in sports training as well as internships in physical therapy and Occupational Therapy. I got into personal training to help people like my mom who struggled with her weight her whole life.


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