Food branding and young children's taste preferences: A reassessment

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Elliott, Charlene D ^a   Den Hoed, Rebecca Carruthers ^a   Conlon, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advertising as topic; Child; Fast food; Marketing; Preschool; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASTE; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; FAST FOOD; MARKETING; PRESCHOOL; TASTE PERCEPTION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; TASTE PERCEPTION; TELEVISION;

EID: 84887187547     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3957     Document Type: Article

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