Marketing Food and Beverages to Youth Through Sports

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 5-13

  Bragg, Marie A ^a,b   Roberto, Christina A ^c   Harris, Jennifer L ^d   Brownell, Kelly D ^e   Elbel, Brian ^a,f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete endorsements; Food marketing; Food policy; Marketing to children; Obesity; Public policy; Sponsorships; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ENDORSEMENT; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKETING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPORTS ORGANIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIDEO GAME; YOUTH SPORT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORT; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; BEVERAGES; CHILD; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MARKETING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORTS; TELEVISION;

EID: 85032223667     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.06.016     Document Type: Review

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