A scoping review of children's and parents' attitudes to and awareness of digital food marketing.

ABSTRACT: Digital food marketing (DFM) of unhealthy foods and beverages (high in saturated fats, sugar and salt) to children and young people influences brand recall, recognition, purchase intentions and attitudes, and increases consumption of unhealthy foods and beverages. Understanding children's and parents' awareness of, and attitudes toward, such marketing is crucial for developing health-promoting advocacy and policy solutions. This registered systematic scoping review synthesized literature on children's, young people's and parents' attitudes and awareness of DFM. A structured search of Medline, PsycInfo, Academic Search Complete (Ebscohost), Scopus and CINAHL was conducted. Inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed studies focused on children (<18 years), young people (<24 years) or parents, pub

SUBMITTER: Vaughan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11879646 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature