Mealtime exposure to food advertisements while watching television increases food intake in overweight and obese girls but has a paradoxical effect in boys

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-167

  Anderson, G Harvey ^a   Khodabandeh, Shokoufeh ^a   Patel, Barkha ^a,c   Luhovyy, Bohdan L ^a,d   Bellissimo, Nick ^b   Mollard, Rebecca C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetite; Children; Compensation; Thirst

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 84961290807     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2014-0249     Document Type: Article

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