Relationship between the socioeconomic, sociodemographic and BTL publicity factors in the incidence of childhood obesity in Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

An exploratory-descriptive research was developed to determine the influence that BTL, advertising and electronic media had on children and their parents when choosing food products. Two research methods were applied. A qualitative research gathered information through focus group, interviews with experts and interviews. Then, a quantitative research was carried out through surveys applied to parents of overweight children. Finally, the data was proessed and the socio-economic and socio-demographic results were obtained. This information allowed to identify the behavior of the families in Cuenca-Ecuador.