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

UK rules that ban marketing of junk foods to children and young people are weak. Why is this a problem?

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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
Your child's phone is a junk food marketer

UK rules that ban marketing of junk foods to children and young people are weak. So where do kids see junk food marketing online? Let's find out...

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Copyrighted image Icon Copyright: Martin O'Brien, O'Brien Creative Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
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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Creative commons image Icon Clay Junell under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods
Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods

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

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Creative commons image Icon The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Know your junk food rules
Know your junk food rules

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

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