biostudies-literatureBarker ABCancer Research UKMedical Research Council287-294https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10273349biostudies-literatureUnknown45(2)<h4>Background</h4>Exposure to alcohol, tobacco and foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) content in media is a risk factor for smoking, alcohol use and HFSS consumption in young people. We report an analysis of tobacco, alcohol and HFSS content in a sample of reality TV programmes broadcast on TV and video-on-demand services throughout a 1-year period.<h4>Methods</h4>We used 1-min interval coding to quantify content in all episodes of 20 different reality TV programmes between August 2019 and August 2020 and estimated population exposure to a sample of these programmes using viewing data and UK population estimates.<h4>Results</h4>We coded 13 244 intervals from 264 episodes. Tobacco content appeared in 227 intervals (2%) across 43 episodes (2%), alcohol in 5167 intervals (39%) across 25Journal of public health (Oxford, England)Exposure to tobacco, alcohol and 'Junk food' content in reality TV programmes broadcast in the UK between August 2019-2020.PMC10273349C63710/A2790827908MR/S037519/1Ruff LMurray RLBal JBarker ABfalseExposure to tobacco, alcohol and 'Junk food' content in reality TV programmes broadcast in the UK between August 2019-2020.<h4>Background</h4>Exposure to alcohol, tobacco and foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) content in media is a risk factor for smoking, alcohol use and HFSS consumption in young people. We report an analysis of tobacco, alcohol and HFSS content in a sample of reality TV programmes broadcast on TV and video-on-demand services throughout a 1-year period.<h4>Methods</h4>We used 1-min interval coding to quantify content in all episodes of 20 different reality TV programmes between August 2019 and August 2020 and estimated population exposure to a sample of these programmes using viewing data and UK population estimates.<h4>Results</h4>We coded 13 244 intervals from 264 episodes. Tobacco content appeared in 227 intervals (2%) across 43 episodes (2%), alcohol in 5167 intervals (39%) across 252023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Jun2025-04-22T01:59:26.147Z2025-04-05T20:14:58.736ZS-EPMC102733493551231010.1093/pubmed/fdac046