Children's reaction to depictions of healthy foods in fast-food television advertisements

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 422-426

  Bernhardt, Amy M ^a   Wilking, Cara ^b   Gottlieb, Mark ^b   Emond, Jennifer ^a   Sargent, James D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AGE; APPLE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECALL; RURAL AREA; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MALUS; MENTAL RECALL; MILK; NEW ENGLAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; TELEVISION;

EID: 84900390702     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.140     Document Type: Article

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