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Here we provide the details and links to the research studies cited in the book organized by Chapter. For each citation, the text in bold refers to the relevant text from the Chapter

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196. When children are exposed to food advertising on TV, they end up consuming more calories

Russell, SJ, Croker, H, and Viner, RM. “The effect of screen advertising on children's dietary intake: A systematic review and meta-analysis”. Obes Rev, 2019. 20(4): p. 554-568.

197. Research has shown that the more kids are exposed to advertisements for sugary products like sodas, the more likely they are to consume them

Andreyeva, T, Kelly, IR, and Harris, JL. “Exposure to food advertising on television: associations with children's fast food and soft drink consumption and obesity”. Econ Hum Biol, 2011. 9(3): p. 221-33.

198. Despite recommendations (and even pleas) from many experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics

Committee on Communications, AAP “Children, adolescents, and advertising”. Pediatrics, 2006. 118(6): p. 2563-9.

199. Analysis of industry archives has shown, for example, that tobacco executives who were no longer able to strategize how to sell cigarettes to kids instead turned their attention to using the same strategies to hook kids on things like Tang, Capri Sun, and Kool-Aid

Nguyen, KH, Glantz, SA, Palmer, CN, and Schmidt, LA. “Tobacco industry involvement in children's sugary drinks market”. BMJ, 2019. 364: p. l736.

200. SNAP dollars (your tax money) pay for twenty million servings of sugary beverages at a cost of $11 million per day

Shenkin, JD and Jacobson, MF. “Using the Food Stamp Program and other methods to promote healthy diets for low-income consumers”. Am J Public Health, 2010. 100(9): p. 1562-4.

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