Purpose – Drawing on Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, this research aims to investigate the interweaving of the socialization systems within which children learn eating practices, in order to open up new paths to build prevention and care programs against childhood obesity....

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the role played by food brands within children’s peer groups when they have a meal together. Design/methodology/approach – Sixty-four elementary-aged children participated in one of ten organized snack times (five with unbranded products, five with...

Purpose – Research on consumer socialisation emphasises the role played by different agents as well as the influence of the context in which socialisation takes place. As part of the fight against obesity, this study on the nutritional learning of children seeks to focus specifically on social...