Food advertising on British children's television: A content analysis and experimental study with nine-year olds

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 206-214

  Lewis, M K ^a   Hill, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Content analysis; Food advertisements; Overweight; Self esteem; Self perception; Television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0031889361     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800568     Document Type: Article

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