Knowledge needs and the ‘savvy’ child: teenager perspectives on banning food marketing to children

Critical Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 430-442

  Elliott, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

advertising; focus groups; Food marketing; health; policy; regulation; teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; CHILD; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; VOICE;

EID: 84990202221     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2016.1240356     Document Type: Article

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