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Studies from University of Wollongong, Center for Health have provided new information about life sciences in children

Published in Physician Law Weekly, March 10th, 2010

A new study, 'Children's magazines: reading resources or food marketing tools,' is now available. According to a study from Australia, "Magazines targeted at children under 12 years old are growing in popularity; past studies have asserted that food items are rarely exposed, but methodological issues may have covered the true extent of covert promotion. The primary purpose of the present study was to quantify the nature and extent of the promotion of branded food products in Australian children's magazines."

"We conducted a content analysis of possible food promotions in seven top-selling Australian children's magazines published in 2005. In addition to regular food...

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