CERUCommercialism in Education Research Unit
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2005 - Research and Writing
School Commercialism and Adolescent Health
Increasing rates of childhood obesity have been the subject of growing attention and alarm. The commercial messages
that find their way into schools promote behaviors that can harm the health and nutrition of young people.
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