The normative power of food promotions: Australian children's attachments to unhealthy food brands

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 2940-2948

  Kelly, Bridget ^a   Freeman, Becky ^b   King, Lesley ^b   Chapman, Kathy ^c   Baur, Louise A ^b,d   Gill, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertising; Beverage; Brand; Child; Food; Marketing; Promotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84976532001     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016001452     Document Type: Article

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