What's on malaysian television? - A survey on food advertising targeting children;Chinese source

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-491

  Karupaiah, Tilakavati ^a   Chinna, Karuthan ^b   Mee, Loi Huei ^a   Mei, Lim Siau ^a   Noor, Mohd Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Advertising; Children; Content analysis; Food groups; Television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEASONS; TELEVISION;

EID: 58949085467     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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