Exploring the association between television advertising of healthy and unhealthy foods, self-control, and food intake in three European countries

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-62

  Giese, Helge ^a   König, Laura M ^a   Tăut, Diana ^b   Ollila, Hanna ^c   Băban, Adriana ^b   Absetz, Pilvikki ^c   Schupp, Harald ^a   Renner, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Advertising; Children; Eating; Self control; TV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD PREFERENCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; ROMANIA; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BODY MASS INDEX; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD PREFERENCES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; ROMANIA; SELF-CONTROL; SNACKS; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925424441     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12036     Document Type: Article

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