Child-targeted fast-food television advertising exposure is linked with fast-food intake among pre-school children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1548-1556

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

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c Greylock McKinnon Associates Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fast food advertising; Fast food consumption; Television

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PARENTS; RESTAURANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 85017518018     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017000520     Document Type: Article

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