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AdHealth: a feasibility study to measure digital food marketing to adolescents through Facebook.

B KiddSally MackayB SwinburnC LutterothS Vandevijvere
Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)
Using a Chrome extension to monitor exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertisements showed that the vast majority of advertisements were for unhealthy products, despite numerous challenges to implementation. Further efforts are needed to develop tools for use across other social media platforms and mobile devices, and policies to protect young people from digital food advertising.
Keyphrases
  • social media
  • health information
  • human health
  • young adults
  • primary care
  • public health
  • quality improvement
  • physical activity
  • climate change