Childhood obesity stigma: Association with television, videogame, and magazine exposure

Latner, Janet D.; Rosewall, Juliet K.; Simmonds, M. B.

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.03.002

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“…For instance, competitive weight loss reality programs have been shown to promote individual blame beliefs and contribute to weight stigma [6,44,49], and children exposed to greater amounts of media express greater stigmatization toward overweight individuals [11,21]. These stereotypes are internalized by some overweight individuals and can result in serious health consequences [47].…”

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Obesity in social media: a mixed methods analysis

Chou

Prestin

Kunath

2014

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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The escalating obesity rate in the USA has made obesity prevention a top public health priority. Recent interventions have tapped into the social media (SM) landscape. To leverage SM in obesity prevention, we must understand user-generated discourse surrounding the topic. This study was conducted to describe SM interactions about weight through a mixed methods analysis. Data were collected across 60 days through SM monitoring services, yielding 2.2 million posts. Data were cleaned and coded through Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, yielding popular themes and the most retweeted content. Qualitative analyses of selected posts add insight into the nature of the public dialogue and motivations for participation. Twitter represented the most common channel. Twitter and Facebook were dominated by derogatory and misogynist sentiment, pointing to weight stigmatization, whereas blogs and forums contained more nuanced comments. Other themes included humor, education, and positive sentiment countering weight-based stereotypes. This study documented weight-related attitudes and perceptions. This knowledge will inform public health/obesity prevention practice.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Obesity in social media: a mixed methods analysis

Chou

Prestin

Kunath

2014

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

141

108

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“…Various reasons for the widespread reporting obesity stigma and discrimination have been offered. However, a constantly cited vehicle is media portrayal with increasing evidence to demonstrate that obese people are the target of fat jokes and derogatory portrayals [22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

Section: Obesity Discrimination In the Workplacementioning

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Disability Discrimination and Obesity: The Big Questions?

Flint

Snook

2015

Curr Obes Rep

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Obesity discrimination in employment and recruitment has become a topic of focus for research examination with increasing reports of discrimination by colleagues and managers.Whilst a limited number of legal cases have emerged, disability law is consulted in line with the expectation of anti-discriminatory practices at work. In line with disability law, whether obesity is defined as a disability or not has an impact on the outcome of a court ruling.Ambiguity when defining obesity through either the medical or social model means there are many questions that remain unanswered which might lead to inconsistency in court rulings.

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“…To date the majority of research examining obesity in the media has focused on entertainment media, including television and magazine portrayals (e.g., Greenberg, Eastin, Hofschire, Lachlan, & Brownell, 2003;Latner, Rosewell, & Simmonds, 2007). As might be expected obese people are often stigmatized; for example, Greenberg et al (2003) reported that obese television characters had fewer romantic relationships and friendship interactions and were less likely than non-obese characters to have positive interactions with others.…”

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The portrayal of obesity in U.K. national newspapers.

Flint¹,

Hudson²,

Lavallee³

2016

Stigma and Health

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Obesity is a major medical health challenge; however, the associated stigma represents a harmful and obstructive obstacle to treatment. The study purpose was to explore the portrayal of obesity in UK national newspapers. A purposive sample of 312 editions (weekday: n = 208; weekend: n = 104) from six newspapers (3 broadsheet; 3 tabloid) was analysed. All text related to obesity was content analysed. In total 349 articles were analysed. Weight stigmatization and the portrayal of overweight and obesity as a moral digression were evident. Findings demonstrate that UK national newspapers attribute obesity to controllable causes. Caricatured portrayals of overweight and obesity was evident and may play a pivotal role in the formation and maintenance of anti-obesity attitudes.

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Childhood obesity stigma: Association with television, videogame, and magazine exposure

Cited by 94 publications

References 53 publications

Obesity in social media: a mixed methods analysis

Obesity in social media: a mixed methods analysis

Disability Discrimination and Obesity: The Big Questions?

The portrayal of obesity in U.K. national newspapers.

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