Many food and beverage companies are not doing enough to positively shape diets in Canada, while positive examples show that public health commitments are achievable.
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We reviewed research into gender stereotypes and biases in early childhood, and found gender as a social category develops early in life, and insight into some gender stereotypes begins early.
Many children receive gift cards or even ask for them so they can choose their own presents. But are youngsters ready to handle the wiles of advertisers and the complexities of ‘credit’ on a card?
Ken dolls with a ‘man bun’. Female superhero action figures. At long last, the gendered distinctions of the pink and blue toy aisles are starting to break down.
Marketers take advantage of the fact that children sometimes can’t recognise the difference between product placement and advertising.
When children work on their school assignments, unknown to them, the software they use is busy collecting data. These data are then used for individualized marketing of junk foods and other products.
Unhealthy foods are the most heavily marketed products in school. Why do we allow it?
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Research Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
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Research Associate in Education Policy, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor in the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Retail Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Marketing, University of Tasmania
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Master of Science student, School of Nutrition, Université Laval
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Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
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Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Canada Research Chair in Healthy Food Policy, Assistant Professor in Nutrition, Université Laval
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
