ArticleNutrients2019
Marketing of Foods to Children through Food Packaging Is Almost Exclusively Linked to Unhealthy Foods.
Article in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of food, beverage, and alcohol brand marketing on consumptive behaviors and health in children and adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- That's My Cue to Eat: A Systematic Review of the Persuasiveness of Front-of-Pack Cues on Food Packages for Children vs. Adults.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Measuring the Power of Food Marketing to Children: a Review of Recent Literature.Current nutrition reports · 2019Pooled it
- Voucher for Healthy Foods and Diabetes Control: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2025Trial
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- An assessment of compliance with proposed regulations to restrict on-package marketing of packaged foods to improve nutrition in South Africa.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Additives in foods marketed to children in Uruguay, an emerging Latin American country.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Nutrient profiling and degree of food processing of child-targeted packaged foods in Türkiye: An urgent call for policy action.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Return on Investment for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity in Beijing: A Modeling Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- What Is the Nutritional Quality of Pre-Packed Foods Marketed to Children in Food Stores? A Survey in Switzerland.Nutrients · 2024Article
- "Marketing through Claims": A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Child-Targeted Food Packaging Claims within the Spanish Market.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Child-Directed Marketing, Health Claims, and Nutrients in Popular Beverages.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
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- "I Like the One With Minions": The Influence of Marketing on Packages of Ultra-Processed Snacks on Children's Food Choices.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- "Even We Are Confused": A Thematic Analysis of Professionals' Perceptions of Processed Foods and Challenges for Communication.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Nutritional value of child-targeted food products: results from the Food Quality Observatory.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Heart Images on Food Labels: A Health Claim or Not?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Branded Foods Databases as a Tool to Support Nutrition Research and Monitoring of the Food Supply: Insights From the Slovenian Composition and Labeling Information System.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Review
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Abstract
The nutritional composition of foods marketed to children is important, as it can significantly influence children's preferences. The objective of this research was to evaluate the presence of child-oriented food products in the food supply and to investigate their nutritional composition. The sample included 8191 prepacked foods in the Slovenian food supply available in the market in 2015. The nutrient profile (World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe nutrient profile model) of the products with child-targeted promotions was compared to the nutrient profile of those without child-targeted promotions. Food categories with the highest proportion of products with child-focused promotions were "Breakfast Cereals" (17%), "Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery" (15%) and "Edible Ices" (13%). Altogether, 93% of all products with child-focused promotions and 73% of products without such promotions were classified as "not permitted". The proportion of "not permitted" foods was significantly higher in products with child-targeted promotions, compared with products without child-targeted promotions (
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