Building the case for independent monitoring of food advertising on Australian television

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2249-2254

  King, Lesley ^a   Hebden, Lana ^a   Grunseit, Anne ^a   Kelly, Bridget ^a   Chapman, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food marketing; Food policy

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIET; FAST FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIET; FAST FOODS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; TELEVISION;

EID: 84899127947     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004429     Document Type: Article

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