Food Marketing to Children Online: A Content Analysis of Food Company Websites

Health Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 366-371

  Hurwitz, Lisa B ^a   Montague, Heather ^a   Wartella, Ellen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MARKETING; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; INTERNET; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROCEDURES;

BEVERAGES; CHILD; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARKETING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84976873382     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1138386     Document Type: Article

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