CFS 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: World Health Organization, Childhood Obesity, Consumerism
16 Apr 2018
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Points to consider: marketing is linked to a host of public health and social problems facing children today, advertising and marketing have been associated with eating disorders, sexualization, family stress, youth violence, and underage alcohol and tobacco use. The world health organization [who] identify marketing to children as a significant factor in the worldwide epidemic of childhood obesity: co(cid:373)(cid:373)ercial forces are preve(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g childre(cid:374)"s (cid:374)atural capacity for play. Take notes throughout, paying attention to the following themes: consumerism, marketing/advertising, play and child development.
