Food commercials increase preference for energy-dense foods, particularly in children who watch more television

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Boyland, Emma J ^a   Harrold, Joanne A ^a   Kirkham, Tim C ^a   Corker, Catherine ^a   Cuddy, Jenna ^a   Evans, Deborah ^a   Dovey, Terence M ^b   Lawton, Clare L ^c   Blundell, John E ^c   Halford, Jason C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Food commercials; Food preference; Obesity; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; TELEVISION;

EID: 79959995582     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1859     Document Type: Article

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