Associations between exposure to digital food marketing and food consumption in adolescence: a cross-sectional study in an emerging country
Mere recall of exposure to digital food marketing and total social media use were associated with higher consumption frequency of ultra-processed products and fast food. These findings underscore the need to introduce comprehensive mandatory policies to reduce adolescent exposure to digital food marketing featuring unhealthy foods.
Authors
- Leandro Machín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-2253)
- Virginia Natero
- Carolina de León
- Lucía Antúnez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-6609)
- Florencia Alcaire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-0491)
- Vanessa Gugliucci
- Tobias Otterbring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-8777)
- Gastón Ares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-8835)
Institutions
- Universidad de la República de Uruguay (UY)
- University of Agder (NO)
- Agder Research (NO)
- Administracion de los Servicios de Salud del Estado (UY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24443-z
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76