Health discourse in Swedish television food advertising during children's peak viewing times

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-616

  Prell, Hillevi ^a   Palmblad, Eva ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^b   Berg, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advertising; Child; Discourse analysis; Fast food; Food habits; Health; Lifestyle; Rhetoric; Television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; RECORDING; SWEDEN; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SWEDEN; TELEVISION; TIME;

EID: 79952992945     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.01.033     Document Type: Article

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