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Child-directed and nutrition-focused marketing cues on food packaging: links to nutritional content.
Lapierre, Matthew A; Brown, Autumn M; Houtzer, Hunter V; Thomas, Tyler J.
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  • Lapierre MA; 1Department of Communication,University of Arizona,1103 E University Blvd,Tucson,AZ 85721,USA.
  • Brown AM; 2Department of Communication Studies,University of North Carolina Wilmington,Wilmington,NC,USA.
  • Houtzer HV; 2Department of Communication Studies,University of North Carolina Wilmington,Wilmington,NC,USA.
  • Thomas TJ; 2Department of Communication Studies,University of North Carolina Wilmington,Wilmington,NC,USA.
Public Health Nutr ; 20(5): 765-773, 2017 04.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27609415
OBJECTIVE: We tested whether the presence of both child-targeted and nutrition-focused (i.e. parent-targeted) marketing cues on food packaging was associated with the nutritional content of these products. DESIGN: We conducted a quantitative content analysis of 403 food packages chosen randomly from the supermarket's online portal along with all products (n 312) from the cereal aisle in a supermarket from the Southeastern USA. We examined main and interaction effects for cues on nutritional content (e.g. energy density, sugar, sodium, fibre). SETTING: A regional supermarket chain in the Southeastern USA. RESULTS: Tests of main effects indicated that increased presence of nutritional cues was linked to more nutritious content (e.g. less sugar, less saturated fat, more fibre) while the increased presence of child-targeted cues was uniformly associated with less nutritious content (e.g. more sugar, less protein, less fibre). Among the interaction effects, results revealed that products with increased nutrition-focused and child-targeted cues were likely to contain significantly more sugar and less protein than other products. CONCLUSIONS: Products that seek to engage children with their packaging in the supermarket are significantly less nutritious than foods that do not, while product packages that suggest nutritional benefits have more nutritious content. More importantly, the study provides evidence that those products which try to engage both child and parent consumers are significantly less healthy in crucial ways (e.g. more sugar, less fibre) than products that do not.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Embalaje de Alimentos / Publicidad / Señales (Psicología) / Mercadotecnía / Valor Nutritivo Límite: Child / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Public Health Nutr Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Embalaje de Alimentos / Publicidad / Señales (Psicología) / Mercadotecnía / Valor Nutritivo Límite: Child / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Public Health Nutr Asunto de la revista: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / SAUDE PUBLICA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido