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Measuring the Power of Food Marketing to Children: a Review of Recent Literature.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Understanding the child feeding decisions among urban parents: a qualitative study in addis ababa, Ethiopia.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- A scoping review of children's and parents' attitudes to and awareness of digital food marketing.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Additives in foods marketed to children in Uruguay, an emerging Latin American country.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Identifying factors that shape whether digital food marketing appeals to children.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- The impact of characters like Tony the Tiger and other child-targeted techniques used in food and beverage marketing.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Child-appealing packaged food and beverage products in Canada-Prevalence, power, and nutritional quality.PloS one · 2023Article
- Unhealthy food and beverage marketing to children on digital platforms in Aotearoa, New Zealand.BMC public health · 2022Article
- A scoping review of outdoor food marketing: exposure, power and impacts on eating behaviour and health.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The effect of food packaging elements on children's food choices and intake: A systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Implications of international trade and investment agreements on policy space for restricting marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children: lessons from inter-disciplinary expert interviews.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Digital Marketing of Commercial Complementary Foods in Australia: An Analysis of Brand Messaging.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Quantifying Child-Appeal: The Development and Mixed-Methods Validation of a Methodology for Evaluating Child-Appealing Marketing on Product Packaging.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Monitoring the Power of Child-Targeted Food Packaging: a Review of the Literature.Current nutrition reports · 2021Review
- Inventory of marketing techniques used in child-appealing food and beverage research: a rapid review.International journal of public health · 2020Review
- The Power of Packaging: A Scoping Review and Assessment of Child-Targeted Food Packaging.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis scoping review examines literature from the past 5 years (June 2014 to June 2019) across three databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, and Scopus) to detail how the persuasive power of child-targeted food marketing content is addressed and evaluated in current research, to document trends and gaps in research, and to identify opportunities for future focus. RECENT
findingsEighty relevant studies were identified, with varied approaches related to examining food marketing techniques to children (i.e., experimental, survey, meta-analyses, mixed methods, content analyses, focus groups). Few studies specifically defined power, and studies differed in terms of techniques examined. Spokes-characters were the predominant marketing technique measured; television was the platform most analyzed; and dominant messages focused on health/nutrition, taste appeals, and appeals to fun/pleasure. Mapping the current landscape when it comes to the power of food marketing to children reveals concrete details about particular platforms, methods, and strategies, as well as opportunities for future research-particularly with respect to definitions and techniques monitored, digital platforms, qualitative research, and tracking changes in targeted marketing techniques over time.
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