Food advertising on Iranian children's television: A content analysis and an experimental study with junior high school students

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-133

  Maryam, Amini ^a   Mehdi, Mohsenian Rad ^b   Masood, Kimiagar ^c   Mosoomeh, Ghaffarpour ^c   Nasrin, Omidvar ^c   Yadollah, Mehrabi ^c  

^a National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute Tehran   (Iran)

^b Imam Sadiq University   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adverstisements; Children; Iran; TV

Indexed keywords

TELEVISION;

IRANIA;

EID: 18844440242     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240590923532     Document Type: Article

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