Marketing foods to children: A comparison of nutrient content between children's and non-children's products

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2221-2230

  Lythgoe, Amelia ^a   Roberts, Caireen ^b   Madden, Angela M ^a   Rennie, Kirsten L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Labelling; Marketing; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SALT INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CEREALS; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FAST FOODS; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKETING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; YOGURT;

EID: 84902399673     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000943     Document Type: Article

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