Responsiveness to healthy television (TV) food advertisements/commercials is only evident in children under the age of seven with low food neophobia

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-446

  Dovey, Terence M ^a   Taylor, Lauren ^a   Stow, Rachael ^a   Boyland, Emma J ^b   Halford, Jason C G ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Commercials; Eating behaviour; Food neophobia; Television advertising

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ART; ARTICLE; CACAO; CARROT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GRAPE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPHOBIA; POTATO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TELEVISION VIEWING; VEGETABLE;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION;

EID: 79952376323     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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