Does TV advertising make children fat?

Public Policy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-61

  Livingstone, Sonia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; TELEVISION;

EID: 33748445676     PISSN: 17445396     EISSN: 1744540X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1070-3535.2006.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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