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Leah Watkins, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, University of Otago

Commodifying childhood: NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day

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Media headlines, industry figures and research confirm what many parents suspect: marketing to children has not only grown in scale but also in sophistication.

It now happens in a wider variety of contexts, both physical and digital, and in a more systematic, integrated and personalised way than ever before.

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