Children's exposure to food advertising on free-to-air television: An Asia-Pacific perspective

Health Promotion International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 144-152

  Kelly, Bridget ^a   Hebden, Lana ^b   King, Lesley ^b   Xiao, Yang ^a   Yu, Yang ^b   He, Gengsheng ^c   Li, Liangli ^c   Zeng, Lingxia ^d   Hadi, Hamam ^e   Karupaiah, Tilakavati ^f   Hoe, Ng See ^f   Noor, Mohd Ismail ^g   Yoon, Jihyun ^h   Kim, Hyogyoo ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Department of Nutrition Science Alma Ata School of Health Sciences   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^h Seoul National University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

advertising; food; marketing; television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; BEVERAGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD; HUMANS; TELEVISION;

EID: 84962550981     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dau055     Document Type: Review

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