Food and beverage promotions in Vancouver schools: A study of the prevalence and characteristics of in-school advertising, messaging, and signage

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 757-764

  Velazquez, Cayley E ^a   Black, Jennifer L ^a   Ahmadi, Naseam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advertising as topic; Beverage; Food; Food advertising; Food marketing; Marketing; Nutrition education; School; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FRUIT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKETING; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84942242160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.020     Document Type: Article

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