The effect of screen advertising on children's dietary intake: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Evidence indicates that screen advertising for unhealthy food results in significant increases in dietary intake among children. This review was undertaken with the main aim of estimating the quantitative effect of screen advertising in experimental and nonexperimental conditions on children's dietary intake. Systematic searches were undertaken of interdisciplinary databases. Studies from 1980 to April 2018, all geography and languages, were included; participants were children and adolescents aged between 2 and 18 years; the intervention was screen advertising; and the outcome was dietary intake. Meta-analyses were conducted for measured and nonmeasured outcomes. Food advertising was found to increase dietary intake among children (age range 2-14, mean 8.8 years) in experimental condition

SUBMITTER: Russell SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446725 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature