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ArticlePediatric obesity2019

Children and adolescents' exposure to food and beverage marketing in social media apps.

Monique Potvin Kent, Elise Pauzé, Elisabeth-Anne Roy, Nicholas de Billy, Christine Czoli

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Article in Pediatric obesity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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121citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 238 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Systematic review of the effect of policies to restrict the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to which children are exposed.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monique Potvin KentSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5049-1106
Elise PauzéSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Elisabeth-Anne RoySchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Nicholas de BillyInterdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Christine CzoliSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
University of Ottawa · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUnhealthy food marketing is a powerful determinant of unhealthy diets and obesity among children. Although it is known that food marketers target young people on social media, no study has yet quantified children's exposure on these platforms.

objectivesTo compare the frequency and healthfulness of food marketing seen by children and adolescents on social media apps as well as estimate their weekly exposure.

methods101 children and adolescents (ages 7-16 years) completed a survey on their media use and were recorded using their two favourite social media apps for 5 minutes each on the mobile device they usually use. Recordings of app use were reviewed to identify food marketing exposures.

resultsOverall, 72% of participants were exposed to food marketing. Of the 215 food marketing exposures identified, most promoted unhealthy products such as fast food (44%) and sugar-sweetened beverages (9%). Adolescents viewed more instances of food marketing, on average, per 10-minute period compared with children (Mean [SD] = 2.6 [2.7] versus 1.4 [2.1], U = 1606, z = 2.94, P = 0.003). It was also estimated that children and adolescents see food marketing 30 and 189 times on average per week on social media apps, respectively.

conclusionsStatutory regulations restricting unhealthy food marketing to adolescents and children on social media should be considered.

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BeveragesDiet, HealthyFoodMarketingSocial MediaAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleObesityadolescentalcoholcelebrity endorsementchildrenfood marketingproduct placementself-regulationsocial media

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PMID30690924
PMCPMC6590224
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