Children's understanding of the selling versus persuasive intent of junk food advertising: Implications for regulation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 962-968

  Carter, Owen B J ^a   Patterson, Lisa J ^a   Donovan, Robert J ^a   Ewing, Michael T ^b   Roberts, Clare M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertising; Australia; Children; Cognitive development; Junk food; Obesity; Television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; FOOD QUALITY; OBESITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TELEVISION;

ADVERTIZING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; JUNK FOOD; MALE; MARKETING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION VIEWING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OBESITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79953122192     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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