Food marketing to children and youth threat or opportunity?

Title:

Author:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth.

ISBN:

9780309552295

Corporate Author:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth.

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 516 p.) : ill.

General Note:

"Institute of Medicine of the National Academies."

Contents:

Setting the stage -- Health, diet, and eating patterns of children and youth -- Factors shaping food and beverage consumption of children and youth -- Food and beverage marketing to children and youth -- Influence of marketing on the diets and diet-related health of children and youth -- Public policy issues in food and beverage marketing to children and youth -- Findings, recommendations, next steps.

Subject Term:

Children -- Nutrition.

Youth -- Nutrition.

Food industry and trade.

Advertising as Topic.

Child.