A study on function of food in articles of the consumer magazine

Abstract

We investigated articles about the function of food, in the consumer magazine, Tashikana Meand added some examination to articles in generalinterest magazines. The results were as follows. 1 The number of articles on food inTashikana Meaccounted for about 26% of the total articles. 2 The number of articles on the physiological function of food inTashikana Me has been from 1.5 to 2 times the number of articles on nutritive function in the period of five years from 1991 to 1995. 3 The names of functional composition that appeared at high frequency for certain periods inTashikana Mewere lipid and nonnutrient in the articles on physiological function, and vitamin and mineral in the articles on nutritive function. 4 There were high appearance of names of nonnutrient composition, and vague expressions about the function of foods in the generalinterest magazines. 5 These results showed a recent tendency to pay attention to the specific functional composition of food. 6 Based on the investigation, the authors indicated it was necessary to consider learning content of home economics about the function of food as to food information , and made some proposals.