Food marketing to children in Canada: A settings-based scoping review on exposure, power and impact

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 274-292

  Prowse, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Food marketing; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INTERNET; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESTAURANTS; SCHOOLS; TELEVISION;

EID: 85034623028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2368738X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.37.9.03     Document Type: Article

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