ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Examining the Relationship between Youth-Targeted Food Marketing Expenditures and the Demographics of Social Media Followers.
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- A Scoping Review of Observational Studies on Food and Beverage Advertising on Social Media: A Public Health Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Advertising of foods and beverages in social media aimed at children: high exposure and low control.BMC public health · 2022Review
- Food and beverage advertising expenditures in Canada in 2016 and 2019 across media.BMC public health · 2022Article
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- Exposure to Food Marketing via Social Media and Obesity among University Students in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Methods to Establish Race or Ethnicity of Twitter Users: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Can Social Media Profiles Be a Reliable Source of Information on Nutrition and Dietetics?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Brands with personalities - good for businesses, but bad for public health? A content analysis of how food and beverage brands personify themselves on Twitter.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Associations between State-Level Obesity Rates, Engagement with Food Brands on Social Media, and Hashtag Usage.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Context, Development, and Digital Media: Implications for Very Young Adolescents in LMICs.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Understanding the Extent of Adolescents' Willingness to Engage With Food and Beverage Companies' Instagram Accounts: Experimental Survey Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2020Article
- See, Like, Share, Remember: Adolescents' Responses to Unhealthy-, Healthy- and Non-Food Advertising in Social Media.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
methodsWe purchased data from Demographics Pro to characterize the demographics of Twitter and Instagram users who followed 27 of the most highly advertised fast food, snack, and drink brands in 2019. We used one-sample
resultsAn estimated 6.2 million adolescents followed the selected brands. A higher percentage of adolescents followed the selected brands' accounts (9.2%) compared to any account on Twitter (1.2%) (
conclusionsFood and sugary drink brands maintain millions of adolescent followers on social media.
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