Charlene D Elliott
Biographic Data
| ID | 5514026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charlene D Elliott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charlene D |
| FAMILY NAME | Elliott |
| SIGNATURE | ELLIOTT C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Communication and Health
“Health” is a highly prized positive value, a commodity and an industry—and also a topic of robust public and academic interest. This article aims to open a conversation about what a communications-oriented approach to health might look like. It reviews the Canadian Journal of Communication from its inception for instruction on how health-related topics have been examined by communication scholars, observing the lack of common questions and appro…
Food Branding and Young Children’s Taste Preferences
Packaging Fun
Childhood obesity has prompted an increased scrutiny of the foodscape, along with the call for innovative strategies to make our social environments more supportive of healthy eating. Child-targeted supermarket foods are an increasing, but typically overlooked, part of this food environment. Using content analysis, this article profiles the strategies used to market foods to children and their parents in the Canadian supermarket environment. Chil…
Toddler foods, children’s foods
Objective To critically examine child-oriented packaged food products sold in Canada for their sodium content, and to assess them light of intake recommendations, the current policy context and suggested targets. Design Baby/toddler foods ( n 186) and child-oriented packaged foods ( n 354) were coded for various attributes (including sodium). Summary statistics were created for sodium, then the children’s food products were compared with the UK F…
Healthy Food Looks Serious
Fun food is an overlooked, but increasingly significant, category of food targeted to children in the supermarket. These supermarket products emphasize foods’ play factor, interactivity, artificiality, and general distance from “regular” foods: food is positioned as “fun” and eating as “entertainment.” Using a series of focus groups, this study examined how children (segmented by age and gender) interpret these packaged appeals and how the themat…
Healthy Food Looks Serious
Fun food is an overlooked, but increasingly significant, category of food targeted to children in the supermarket. These supermarket products emphasize foods’ play factor, interactivity, artificiality, and general distance from “regular” foods: food is positioned as “fun” and eating as “entertainment.” Using a series of focus groups, this study examined how children (segmented by age and gender) interpret these packaged appeals and how the themat…
Toddler foods, children’s foods
Objective To critically examine child-oriented packaged food products sold in Canada for their sodium content, and to assess them light of intake recommendations, the current policy context and suggested targets. Design Baby/toddler foods ( n 186) and child-oriented packaged foods ( n 354) were coded for various attributes (including sodium). Summary statistics were created for sodium, then the children’s food products were compared with the UK F…
Packaging Fun
Childhood obesity has prompted an increased scrutiny of the foodscape, along with the call for innovative strategies to make our social environments more supportive of healthy eating. Child-targeted supermarket foods are an increasing, but typically overlooked, part of this food environment. Using content analysis, this article profiles the strategies used to market foods to children and their parents in the Canadian supermarket environment. Chil…
Food Branding and Young Children’s Taste Preferences
Communication and Health
“Health” is a highly prized positive value, a commodity and an industry—and also a topic of robust public and academic interest. This article aims to open a conversation about what a communications-oriented approach to health might look like. It reviews the Canadian Journal of Communication from its inception for instruction on how health-related topics have been examined by communication scholars, observing the lack of common questions and appro…
Psychology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Food Science (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (2 works) · Consumer Packaging Perceptions and Trends (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works)