The frequency of unhealthy food advertising on mainland Chinese television (TV) and children and adolescents' risk of exposure to them

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Zhenghua ^a   Diao, Qinqin ^a   Shao, Nan ^a   Liang, Youke ^a   Lin, Li ^a   Lei, Yan ^a   Zheng, Lingmei ^a  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEVISION VIEWING; ADVERTISING; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; MALE; MARKETING; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TELEVISION; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHINA; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; RISK; SNACKS; TELEVISION;

EID: 84940100238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128746     Document Type: Article

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