Effects of nutrient content claims, sports celebrity endorsements and premium offers on pre-adolescent children's food preferences: Experimental research

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages e47-e57

  Dixon, H ^a   Scully, M ^a   Niven, P ^a   Kelly, B ^b   Chapman, K ^c   Donovan, R ^d   Martin, J ^e   Baur, L A ^b   Crawford, D ^f   Wakefield, M ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Obesity Policy Coalition   (Australia)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; experiment; food marketing; food promotions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY DENSE AND NUTRIENT POOR PRODUCT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD MARKETING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; DECISION MAKING; FOOD INDUSTRY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATHLETES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84921297586     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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