A Menagerie of Promotional Characters: Promoting Food to Children through Food Packaging

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-355

  Hebden, Lana ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Kelly, Bridget ^a   Chapman, Kathy ^b   Innes Hughes, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cartoon; Children; Food marketing; Promotional characters; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ART; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 80052524429     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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