Examining differences in children and adolescents' exposure to food and beverage marketing in Canada by sociodemographic characteristics: Findings from the International Food Policy Study Youth Survey, 2020
Authors' conclusion
This study highlights important differences in marketing exposure among youth of different sociodemographic groups in Canada, including greater exposure to marketing among those most disadvantaged and emphasizes the essential need to consider food marketing across equity groups when developing restrictions on marketing to kids.
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents aged 10–17 in Canada, self-reporting exposure to food and beverage marketing
- Participants
- 3,780 children
- Exposure
- Sociodemographic subgroups
- Outcome
- Self-reported exposure to food and beverage marketing across food categories, locations and marketing techniques
Methodological detailsself-reported survey, logistic regression
- Self-reported survey
- Logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Exposure to unhealthy food marketing by sociodemographic group
- 13-17 years old more likely than 10-12 years old to report seeing unhealthy food marketing online
- Girls more likely than boys to see such marketing online and in retail settings; boys more likely to see it in video games
- Minority ethnicities (incl. Indigenous youth) generally reported more exposure than White respondents
- Lower income adequacy generally reported more exposure than higher income respondents
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Examining differences in children and adolescents' exposure to food and beverage marketing in Canada by sociodemographic characteristics: Findings from the International Food Policy Study Youth Survey, 2020. Pediatr Obes. Published 23 March 2023. doi:10.
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