Child-targeted TV advertising and preschoolers’ consumption of high-sugar breakfast cereals

Appetite

Volumn 108, Issue , 2017, Pages 295-302

  Longacre, Meghan R ^a   Drake, Keith M ^b,c   Titus, Linda J ^a,c   Harris, Jennifer ^d   Cleveland, Lauren P ^a   Langeloh, Gail ^a   Hendricks, Kristy ^a   Dalton, Madeline A ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Greylock McKinnon Associates Inc   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal consumption; Children; Food marketing; High sugar breakfast cereal; Television

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADVERTISING; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAKFAST CEREAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION VIEWING; TIME; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD GRAIN; FOOD PREFERENCE; MEAL; NUTRITION; SELF REPORT; SUGAR INTAKE; TELEVISION;

AMBULATORY CARE; BREAKFAST; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUGARS; EDIBLE GRAIN; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PARENTS; SELF REPORT; TELEVISION;

EID: 84992349873     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.10.014     Document Type: Article

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