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Top 5 things junk food marketers know about your child

Updated Friday 21st July 2017
This article is a part of our Mind, Body, Media collection, and is filed under
Topic: Digital Literacy

Beware the junk food marketer with their hashtags, games and sponsored tweets! Here are the top 5 things junk food marketers know about your child. 

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Junk Food Marketing To Children Online Copyrighted image Icon Copyright: Martin O'Brien, O'Brien Creative
Junk Food Marketing To Children Online

There are some laws against marketing junk food to children and young people on television, but those rules don't apply online. Should they?

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Your child's phone is a junk food marketer Creative commons image Icon The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license
Your child's phone is a junk food marketer

There are some laws against marketing junk food to children and young people on television, but those rules don't apply online. So where do kids see junk food marketing online? Let's find out...

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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

The OU's Dr Mimi Tatlow-Golden discusses what psychology can tell us about teens’ susceptibility to food ads in digital media. 

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Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

How food advertising and marketing can affect children and young people in the digital age

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Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended to be advertised to children – and may not be good for you Creative commons image Icon Clay Junell under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license
Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended to be advertised to children – and may not be good for you

Should children be consuming artificial sweeteners? And, furthermore, what research supports or discourages the consumption of 'sugar-free' products?

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Know your junk food rules

Find out if you know your junk food advertising rules with our interactive video. 

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