Parents, Products, and the Development of Preferences: Child Palate and Food Choice in an Obesogenic Environment

• Published in: Journal of public policy & marketing Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 429 - 446
• Main Authors: Cornwell, T. Bettina, Setten, Eric, Paik, Sung-Hee W., Pappu, Ravi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2021; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Children; Children & youth; Food; Food consumption; Parents & parenting; Preferences; self-control; lay theory; children; food choice; obesity

Food systems and the ways food products are formulated, packaged, and marketed contribute to obesogenic environments. The current research focuses on products informally referred to as junk food (foods high in sugar, fat, and salt) and how they function as a mechanism in developing taste preferences...