Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 2 · 50%Very low 1 · 25%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 25%High 0 · 0%

Food choice · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years)

Food marketing probably increases children's choice of the marketed food (OR, 1.97; moderate certainty, RCTs).

3 findings from 1 review

Association of Food and Nonalcoholic Beverage Marketing With Children and Adolescents' Eating Behaviors and Health: A… 2022 All outcomes
Predominantly high-income countries · Randomized trials
OR 1.97 [1.46, 2.66]
22 studies · 3838 participants
Moderate
Association of Food and Nonalcoholic Beverage Marketing With Children and Adolescents' Eating Behaviors and Health: A… 2022 All outcomes
Predominantly high-income countries · Overall (pooled across designs)
OR 1.77 [1.26, 2.50]
27 studies
GRADE not reported
Association of Food and Nonalcoholic Beverage Marketing With Children and Adolescents' Eating Behaviors and Health: A… 2022 All outcomes
Predominantly high-income countries · Nonrandomized studies
OR 0.56 [0.05, 5.99]
5 studies · 416 participants
Very low

Food choice · Children and adolescents (general population, aged under 20 years)

In crossover studies with binary outcomes, food marketing had no clear association with food choice (OR 3.45, 95% CI 0.97 to 12.43; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review