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Food and Beverage Marketing to Children and Adolescents: What Changes are Needed to Promote Healthy Eating Habits? A Research Brief

This brief examines how foods and beverages are marketed to children and adolescents, how food and beverage companies encourage younger individuals to buy their products and whether limiting youth’s exposure to food and beverage marketing could have benefits in preventing childhood obesity.

Keywords: Digital marketing, Fast food, Food advertising, Food formulation, Media, Restaurant, School wellness policies, Self-regulation, Social media, Spanish language

Date: October 2008

Resource Type: Research Review

Focus Areas: Food Marketing

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Food and Beverage Marketing to Children and Adolescents: What Changes are Needed to Promote Healthy Eating Habits? A Research Brief