ArticlePublic health nutrition2023
Adolescent exposure to food and beverage marketing on social media by gender: a pilot study.
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- Beyond the screen: Exploring the dynamics of social media influencers, digital food marketing, and gendered influences on adolescent diets.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Attitudes and consumption habits of energy drinks among adolescents and young adults in a Spanish population.AIMS public health · 2025Article
- Normalizing junk food: The frequency and reach of posts related to food and beverage brands on social media.PLOS digital health · 2024Article
- Is the Behavioural Gender Gap Decreasing? Evidence from Food Consumption in Swiss Single-Person Households.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Perceptions of Food Marketing and Media Use among Canadian Teenagers: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Nutrients · 2024Article
- #junkfluenced: the marketing of unhealthy food and beverages by social media influencers popular with Canadian children on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Food marketing on digital platforms: what do teens see?Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Young adults' sought gratifications from, and perceptions of food advertising by, social media influencers: a qualitative approach.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this research was to determine if, based on gender, adolescents were exposed to different marketing techniques that promoted food and beverages over social media.
designA secondary analysis of adolescent boy (
settingOttawa, Ontario, Canada.
participantsSixty-two adolescents aged 12-16 years.
resultsBoys and girls were exposed to similar volumes of food marketing instances (median = 2 for both boys and girls, Mann-Whitney
conclusionsFood and beverage companies utilise marketing techniques that differ based on gender. More research examining the relationship between digital food and beverage marketing and gender is required to inform the development of gender-sensitive policies aimed at protecting adolescents from unhealthy food marketing.
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