Marketing foods to children: Are we asking the right questions?

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-194

  Elliott, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; ETHICS; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MARKETING; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OVERWEIGHT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84862170304     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2012.0013     Document Type: Review

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