Do television food commercials target children in Germany?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1466-1473

  Effertz, Tobias ^a   Wilcke, Ann Christin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food advertising; Marketing; Self regulation; Television advertising

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GERMANY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GERMANY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864027267     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003223     Document Type: Article

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