Food Marketing towards Children: Brand Logo Recognition, Food-Related Behavior and BMI among 3-13-Year-Olds in a South Indian Town

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ueda, Peter ^a   Tong, Leilei ^b   Viedma, Cristobal ^c   Chandy, Sujith J ^a,d   Marrone, Gaetano ^a   Simon, Anna ^d   Stålsby Lundborg, Cecilia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GAME; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MARKETING; MEASUREMENT; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MARKETING; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867637678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047000     Document Type: Article

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