Nutritional Content of Foods Advertised During the Television Programs Children Watch Most
Kristen Harrison, PhD and
Amy L. Marske, MA
Kristen Harrison is with the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. At the time of the study, Amy L Marske was a student in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
FIGURE 1—Nutrition Facts for general-audience foods. Average nutritional content of foods in advertisements aimed at a general audience, per 200 calorie serving (n = 389).
FIGURE 2—Nutrition Facts for child-audience foods. Average nutritional content of foods in advertisements aimed at a child audience, per 200 calorie serving (n = 336).