An analysis of potential barriers and enablers to regulating the television marketing of unhealthy foods to children at the state government level in Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chung, Alexandra ^a   Shill, Jane ^b   Swinburn, Boyd ^b   Mavoa, Helen ^b   Lawrence, Mark ^b   Loff, Bebe ^a   Crammond, Bradley ^a   Sacks, Gary ^b   Allender, Steven ^b   Peeters, Anna ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertising; Children; Government; Marketing; Regulation; Unhealthy food

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEVISION;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MARKETING; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE GOVERNMENT; TELEVISION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874038277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1123     Document Type: Article

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