Television food advertising to children in Slovenia: analyses using a large 12-month advertising dataset

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1049-1057

  Korošec, Živa ^a   Pravst, Igor ^a  

^a Nutrition Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Children; Food advertising; Marketing; Nutrient profile; Regulation; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; BEVERAGE; CANDY; CHILD; CHOCOLATE; CLASSIFICATION; FAST FOOD; FOOD; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLOVENIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEVISION; TIME FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BEVERAGES; CANDY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOCOLATE; FOOD; HUMANS; SLOVENIA; SNACKS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84987624288     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0896-7     Document Type: Article

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