How much food advertising is there on Australian television?

Health Promotion International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Chapman, Kathy ^a   Nicholas, Penny ^a   Supramaniam, Rajah ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Food advertising; Obesity; Television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CACAO; ENERGY; FOOD; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARKETING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; TELEVISION; VIDEOTAPE;

ADVERTISING; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; TELEVISION;

EID: 33748096583     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dal021     Document Type: Article

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