Obesogenic television food advertising to children in Malaysia: sociocultural variations

Background: Food advertising on television (TV) is well known to influence children's purchasing requests and models negative food habits in Western countries. Advertising of unhealthy foods is a contributor to the obesogenic environment that is a key driver of rising rates of childhood obesity...

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Main Authors: See H. Ng, Bridget Kelly, Chee H. Se, Karuthan Chinna, Mohd Jamil Sameeha, Shanhi Krishnasamy, Ismail MN, Tilakavati Karupaiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-08-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/25169/pdf_1