Discretionary food advertising on television in 2017: a descriptive study

• Main Authors: Lisa G. Smithers (Author), Xinyue Wang (Author), Dandara Haag (Author), Benjamin Agnew (Author), John Lynch (Author), Matthew Sorell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To describe advertising of discretionary foods on television at times when children watch television. Methods: We randomly sampled 84 days (one of each weekday for every month of the year) for 2017, viewed all food advertisements and categorised them according to type (healthy, d...