Beyond-brand effect of television food advertisements on food choice in children: The effects of weight status

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 897-904

  Halford, Jason C G ^a   Boyland, Emma J ^a   Hughes, Georgina M ^a   Stacey, Leanne ^a   McKean, Sarah ^a   Dovey, Terence M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food advertisements; Food choice; Intake; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BODY MASS INDEX; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MASS MEDIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; TELEVISION; THINNESS;

EID: 48749125221     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001231     Document Type: Article

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