Children's understandings of mediated health campaigns for childhood obesity

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Babooram, Melanie ^a   Mullan, Barbara Ann ^a   Sharpe, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertisements; Australia; Children (age groups); Mass media; Obesity; Personal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953320710     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346651011043989     Document Type: Article

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