Snack food advertising in stores around public schools in Guatemala

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2014

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Routledge

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Guatemala is experiencing the double burden of disease that combines a high prevalence of childhood stunting with a rising childhood overweight prevalence, while the food industry is flooding the market with advertising aimed at children and taking advantage of the lack of strict regulation in Guatemala. Child-oriented advertisements are available in almost all stores within a short walking distance from schools, exposing children to an obesogenic environment. Most advertisements in stores around schools featured sweetened beverages and soft drinks.

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CHILDREN, MARKETING, FOOD INDUSTRY, CHILD HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, GUATEMALA, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, ADVERTISING, OBESITY, PACKAGING

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Chacon, V., Letona, P., Villamor, E., Barnoya, J. (2014). Snack food advertising in stores around public schools in Guatemala. Critical Public Health. doi:10.1080/09581596.2014.953035

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53491

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