Background Chronic, non-communicable diseases are a significant public health priority,
requiring action at individual, community and population levels, and public and political will …

The way we describe health threats affects perceptions of severity and preferred solutions to
reduce risk. Most people agree obesity is a problem, but differ in how they attribute …

In recent years “obesity” and fat discourse in western digital media have matured; the
complexity and conflict around fat embodiment are increasingly becoming part of everyday …

News reporting, in channels such as broadcast and print media, on obesity as an issue has
increased dramatically in the last decade. A qualitative study, in which we used in-depth …

The Danish hospital landscape has been continuously restructured since the early 2000s. A
structural reform reorganized the public sector, and a hospital reform restructured the …

This study aims to analyze the frame used by the media in the Covid-19 coverage in
Indonesia on the Kompas. com and detik. com news portals during March 2020. The method …

Objective To examine longitudinal trends from 1999–2010 in weight‐related teasing as
adolescents transition to young adulthood and to examine secular trends in teasing among …

Background: The fact that the number of individuals with obesity has increased worldwide
calls into question media efforts for informing the public. This study attempts to determine the …

The prevalence of messages advocating weight management has likely resulted in
considerable anti-obesity message fatigue but the phenomenon remains understudied. This …

The portrayal of obesity in the media can impact public health by guiding peoples'
behaviours and furthering stigma. Individual responsibility for body weight along with …