Assessing 'fun foods': Nutritional content and analysis of supermarket foods targeted at children

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-377

  Elliott, C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Children's foods; Food marketing; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; SODIUM;

BREAD; CANADA; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; REVIEW;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; TELEVISION;

EID: 45249098516     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00418.x     Document Type: Review

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