Trends in the nutritional content of television food advertisements seen by children in the United States: Analyses by age, food categories, and companies

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1078-1086

  Powell, Lisa M ^a   Schermbeck, Rebecca M ^a   Szczypka, Glen ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a   Braunschweig, Carol L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; SUGAR;

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BEVERAGES; CARBOHYDRATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SODIUM; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055185496     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.131     Document Type: Article

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