Pester power and its consequences: Do European children's food purchasing requests relate to diet and weight outcomes?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2393-2403

  Huang, Christina Y ^a   Reisch, Lucia A ^b   Gwozdz, Wencke ^b   Molnár, Dénes ^c   Konstabel, Kenn ^d   Michels, Nathalie ^e   Tornaritis, Michalis ^f   Eiben, Gabriele ^g   Siani, Alfonso ^h   Fernández Alvira, Juan M ⁱ   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^j,k   Pigeot, Iris ^j,k   Lissner, Lauren ^g  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Research and education institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^j LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Children; Marketing; Obesity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEVISION;

EID: 84976603859     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001600135X     Document Type: Article

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