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. 2015 May 30;15:521. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1836-9

Table 3.

Communicative strategies of advertisements for food, snacks and beverages (n = 100 advertisements)

Main communication strategy used in each advertisement Percent of all strategies
Combination 35 %
Repetition/Resonance 20 %
Placement/Visibility 18 %
Personification 15 %
Redefining food 12 %

Note: These percentages represent the proportion in this study’s non-random sample, not the distribution of these items in the total population of relevant advertisements in the locations studied