Unhealthy food advertising directed to children on New Zealand television: extent, nature, impact and policy implications

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 3029-3040

  Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a   Soupen, Alanna ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food marketing; New Zealand; Nutrient profiling; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; TELEVISION;

EID: 85019685110     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017000775     Document Type: Article

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