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The New Age of Food Marketing: How Companies are Targeting and Luring our Kids — and What Advocates can do About it
BMSG, Berkeley Media Studies Group - eSocialSciences - 2012
Why should health advocates be concerned about the new marketing paradigm? Because young people's choices about what to eat and when are largely shaped by food and beverage marketing -- and these industries are now reaching our kids through a multitude of interactive devices and platforms,...
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The Rise of Obesity in Transition Economies: Theory and Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
Huffman, Sonya K; Rizov, Marian - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study integrates theoretical and empirical models to facilitate understanding of human obesity and the factors … contributing to rising obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. Recent individual level data … education are important determinants of obesity in Russia. Empirical results strongly support our model for production of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008515133
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From Theory to Practice: Translating Research into Health Outcomes
Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2008
Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS Medicine Editors say that publication of the findings of such research is only one part of the behaviour-change process.
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Fighting Junk Food Marketing to Kids
BMSG, Berkeley Media Studies Group - eSocialSciences - 2010
methods to tackle the problem of junk-food adddiction and obesity. …
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Women’s Malnutrition in India: The Role of Economic and Social Status
Dahiya, Shikha; Viswanathan, Brinda - eSocialSciences - 2014
This study has used India Human Development Survey, 2005 to study the factors influencing the Body Mass Index (BMI) of women between 20 to 40 years of age in India. BMI captures both undernutrition and over nutrition and a quantile regression model has been used to capture the differential...
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