eprintid: 10142752 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/14/27/52 datestamp: 2022-02-02 08:36:45 lastmod: 2022-02-02 08:36:45 status_changed: 2022-02-02 08:36:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Packer, J creators_name: Russell, SJ creators_name: Siovolgyi, G creators_name: McLaren, K creators_name: Stansfield, C creators_name: Viner, RM creators_name: Croker, H title: The Impact on Dietary Outcomes of Celebrities and Influencers in Marketing Unhealthy Foods to Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: G25 divisions: D13 divisions: B02 divisions: B14 divisions: J81 divisions: B16 keywords: child and adolescent health; food marketing; obesity; policy research note: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. abstract: Celebrities, including influencers, are commonly used to market products that are high in fat, sugar, and salt (HFSS) to children but the impact on dietary outcomes has been unclear. The primary aim of this study was to systematically review the literature and quantify the impact of celebrities in HFSS marketing on children’s dietary outcomes. We searched eight databases and included studies from all countries and languages published from 2009 until August 2021. Participants were defined as under 16 years, exposure was marketing for HFSS products with a celebrity, and the outcomes were dietary preference, purchasing behaviors, and consumption of HFSS products. We were able to conduct a meta-analysis for consumption outcomes. Seven articles met the inclusion criteria, of which three were included in the meta-analysis. Under experimental conditions, the use of celebrities in HFSS marketing compared to non-food marketing was found to significantly increase consumption of the marketed HFSS product by 56.4 kcals (p = 0.021). There was limited evidence on the impact on preference or purchase intentions and on the comparisons between use and non-use of celebrities and influencers. date: 2022-01-19 date_type: published publisher: MDPI AG official_url: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14030434 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1917209 doi: 10.3390/nu14030434 lyricists_name: Croker, Helen lyricists_name: Stansfield, Claire lyricists_id: HCROK65 lyricists_id: CMSTA07 actors_name: Kalinowski, Damian actors_id: DKALI47 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Nutrients volume: 14 number: 3 article_number: 434 issn: 2072-6643 citation: Packer, J; Russell, SJ; Siovolgyi, G; McLaren, K; Stansfield, C; Viner, RM; Croker, H; (2022) The Impact on Dietary Outcomes of Celebrities and Influencers in Marketing Unhealthy Foods to Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients , 14 (3) , Article 434. 10.3390/nu14030434 <https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14030434>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10142752/1/Croker_The%20Impact%20on%20Dietary%20Outcomes%20of%20Celebrities%20and%20Influencers%20in%20Marketing%20Unhealthy%20Foods%20to%20Children_VoR.pdf