TY - JOUR T1 - Choosing Imagery in Advertising Healthy Food to Children JF - Journal of Advertising Research JO - J Advert Res SP - 487 LP - 498 DO - 10.2501/JAR-2018-003 VL - 58 IS - 4 AU - Maria Lagomarsino AU - L. Suzanne Suggs Y1 - 2018/12/01 UR - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/58/4/487.abstract N2 - Food advertising is widely believed to influence children's food preferences, although the evidence is not conclusive. This research examined the effects of visual communication on children's healthy food choices. The children in the study liked foods displayed as cartoons the most, not the drawn foods, but they wanted to consume the foods represented by photos. To motivate healthy-food consumption by children, therefore, it may be more effective to use photos rather than cartoons or other animations. Healthy-food advertisements using a mix of visualizations may maximize the attention to and adoption of healthy food marketed to children. ER -