Healthy weight and lifestyle advertisements: An assessment of their persuasive potential

Health Education Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 569-579

  Dixon, Helen ^a   Scully, Maree ^a   Cotter, Trish ^b   Maloney, Sarah ^a   Wakefield, Melanie ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b World Lung Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTISING; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84939528620     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyv031     Document Type: Article

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