Obesity in Print: An Analysis of Daily Newspapers
Author(s) -
Anja Hilbert,
Jens Ried
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
obesity facts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1662-4033
pISSN - 1662-4025
DOI - 10.1159/000195697
Subject(s) - medicine , newspaper , obesity , environmental health , overweight , advertising , business
Stigmatizing attitudes towards obese people are common in the public. Based on findings that portrayals of obesity in entertainment media foster weight-related stigmatization, the goal of the current study was to analyze media coverage of obesity in daily newspapers.
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