Tv Advertising and Children

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Sonia Livingstone Does TV advertising make children fat? : what the evidence tells us

Originally published in Public policy research, 13 (1). pp. 54-61 © 2006 Blackwell Publishing. You may cite this version as: Livingstone, Sonia (2006). Does TV advertising make children fat : what the evidence tells us [online]. London: LSE Research Online. Available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/1026 Available in LSE Research Online: May 2007
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Does TV advertising make children fat? What the evidence tells us Sonia Livingstone In: Public Policy Research, 13(1), 54-61 Rising obesity among children There is growing public concern over rising levels of obesity among children, in the UK and many other countries in the developed world, as World Health Organisation reports have warned (as illustrated by 2003). The Royal College of Physicians reports that obesity has doubled among two to four year olds between 1989 and 1998, and trebled among six to fifteen year olds

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