Snack food advertising in stores around public schools in Guatemala

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-298

  Chacon, Violeta ^a   Letona, Paola ^a   Villamor, Eduardo ^b   Barnoya, Joaquin ^a,c  

^a Cardiovascular Surgery Unit of Guatemala ^*  (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; food industry; marketing

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84925202841     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.953035     Document Type: Article

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