Television food advertising to children: The extent and nature of exposure

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1234-1240

  Kelly, Bridget ^a   Smith, Ben ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Flood, Victoria ^b   Bauman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Food advertising; Obesity; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUTRITION POLICY; TELEVISION;

EID: 34247331583     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007687126     Document Type: Article

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