“Grab gatorade!”: food marketing, regulation and the young consumer

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2521-2532

  Elliott, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Food literacy; Food marketing; Media literacy; Policy; Teenager

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053461425     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EJM-05-2018-0355     Document Type: Article

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