232147 Introduction to Targeting a Vulnerable Population

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD , Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
     
This symposium places the issue of food marketing to young people within the broader context of contributors to obesity. The scope of food marketing targeting young people, the nutrition quality of the foods commonly promoted, practices that disproportionately target ethnic minority youth, and barriers to changing these practices will be discussed.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the latest research on young people's exposure to food marketing.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Professor of Psychology, Epidemiology and Public Health and Director of Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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