Food and beverage marketing directed at youth in 11 Latin American countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is evidence of the influence of marketing of unhealthy food over youth' preferences, purchasing behaviors, and diets.

Objective

To conduct a scoping review of the marketing of food and beverages directed at youth in eleven countries in Latin America.

Methods

The scoping review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews. The information was collected from indexed articles in MEDLINE/PubMed, LILACS, SCIELO, BVS, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar, published from 2013 to 2023.

Results

We found 54 articles that characterized the marketing directed at children in Latin America. Television was the most studied promotional channel (n = 20), followed by product packaging (n = 19), whi

SUBMITTER: Munguia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12797899 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature