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Table 1 Good for kids media campaigns

From: Harnessing the power of advertising to prevent childhood obesity

Campaign

Content

Key message(s)

Brand

Children playing, drinking water and dressed up in vegetable costumes with a 3-step message jingle (1. Get active, get out and play, it’s good for kids one hour a day, 2. Drink H2O, think water first, 3. Two serves of fruit and five of vegies).

Drinking water instead of sweetened drinks, increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour and increasing vegetable and fruit consumption and reducing consumption, of energy dense nutrient poor foods. Launched the Good for Kids. Good for Life brand.

Water

Images highlighting the high amounts of sugars in soft drinks and fruit juices, and of children having fun drinking water.

Drinking water instead of sweetened drinks.

Physical activity

Children having fun being physically active, and getting bored watching TV/playing electronic games.

Children need 1 hour of physical activity everyday. Children should not play sitting down for more than 2 hours a day.

Vegetables

Images of parents serving up delicious and affordable vegetables in fun and creative ways.

It can take up to 10 times for kids to try vegetables before they like them.

Reruns

Previous campaigns were repeated.

All the above.