Supermarkets and unhealthy food marketing: An international comparison of the content of supermarket catalogues/circulars

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-173

  Charlton, Emma L ^a   Kähkönen, Laila A ^a   Sacks, Gary ^a   Cameron, Adrian J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circular; Diet; Marketing; Obesity; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MALAYSIA; MARKET; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPERMARKET CIRCULAR; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROCEDURES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MARKETING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY;

EID: 84942593280     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.08.023     Document Type: Article

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