Food advertising during children's television in Canada and the UK

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 658-662

  Adams, Jean ^a   Hennessy Priest, K ^b   Ingimarsdottir S ^a   Sheeshka, J ^b   Ostbye T ^c   White, M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CANADA; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SUGGESTION; TELEVISION;

EID: 69249109704     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.151019     Document Type: Article

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