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Exposure, Power and Impact of Food Marketing on Children: Evidence Supports Strong Restrictions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Emma BOYLAND  and
Mimi TATLOW-GOLDEN
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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 8 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue on the Implementation in Europe of the WHO Recommendations on Food Marketing to Children , June 2017 , pp. 224 - 236
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University of Liverpool, eboyland@liverpool.ac.uk.

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The Open University, mimi.tatlow-golden@open.ac.uk.

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