Food, nutrition and slimming messages in <scp>B</scp>ritish women's magazines, 1950–1998

Barker, Margo E.; McNeir, K.; Sameer, S. Jadhav; Russell, Jean

doi:10.1111/jhn.12076

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“…The current study had three objectives: (1) to assess the relative importance of ECF shopping against classical influences of price, health, convenience and food safety [38], (2) to assess how 'environmental' and 'dominant social' worldviews, as measured by various dimensions of the NEP scale were related to food purchase norms and (3) to assess how 'environmental' and 'dominant social' worldviews related to recognition of eco-labels.…”

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Food Purchasing Decisions and Environmental Ideology: An Exploratory Survey of UK Shoppers

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Environmentally and ethically conscious food purchasing has traction with British consumers. We examined how broad environmental worldviews related to shoppers’ ratings of the importance of various shopping criteria, including recognition of eco-labels, by surveying 502 shoppers from the city of Sheffield, England. Environmental worldviews were measured using the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale. Responses to the scale split into two dimensions reflecting the scale’s origins: the Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) and NEP subscales. Subscription to the NEP (ecocentric values) was associated with greater importance ratings of nutrition & health, animal welfare, the environment, Fairtrade, seasonal, local and organic criteria. Subscription to the DSP (anthropocentric values) was associated with greater importance ratings of quality, taste, safety, price and convenience criteria. Notably, subscription to DSP values was the only predictor of eco-label recognition score in a multivariate model. These results indicate that the NEP scale should be considered as two subscales. The results suggest that campaigns to increase consumers’ environmental awareness in order to encourage environmentally driven food shopping are likely to motivate only consumers disenchanted with technological and anthropocentric development.

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Food Purchasing Decisions and Environmental Ideology: An Exploratory Survey of UK Shoppers

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“…This study is an oral health content analysis of a sample of popular newspapers, magazines and television programmes during a five‐month period and involved an analysis of all explicit oral health content found. Content analysis is often used in media studies and involves the objective and systematic categorizing and describing of the content of communication . Explicit oral health content or incidents were defined as any depiction of oral health activity, oral health suggestive or talk about oral health and portrayed oral health risks, behaviours, responsibilities or policy.…”

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“…The relationship between social norms and culture to public health has been well documented in the area of tobacco control in Australia and is accepted in the literature that a significant role of health promotion is in the shaping of these norms . Considerable research in the area of obesity, diet and nutrition recognizes the role of media in providing public health messages and the nature and construction of information provided with television recognized as the most efficient and effective means of promotion . Additionally, while health promotion encompasses a range of intersectoral and multi‐level strategies to promote health, the effectiveness of mass media campaigns in the absence of other programming has been shown to be effective and sustainable in affecting behavioural change .…”

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A content analysis of oral health messages in Australian mass media

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Merrick

Beasley

2016

Australian Dental Journal

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Background Social analysis regarding oral health and oral health promotion are almost non‐existent in the Australian context. The usefulness of such exploration lies in framing and informing research methodologies and health promotion initiatives, and can improve our understanding of oral health behaviours and their social contexts. Methods We conducted a systematic content analysis of a random sample of popular Australian magazines, newspapers and television shows from May to September 2012. Our sample included the top three best‐selling magazines, six weekly newspapers, one from each available Australian state, and the four highest ranked Australian prime time television shows and their associated commercials. Results Data comprised 72 hours of prime time television and 14,628 pages of hardcopy media. Seventy‐one oral health related media ‘incidents’ were counted during a five‐month period. Only 1.5% of incidents referenced fluoride and only two made dietary references. Women were represented almost six times more than men and the majority of oral health related incidents conveyed no social context (63%). Conclusions Oral health messages conveyed in Australian media fail to provide a social context for preventive or health‐promoting behaviours. In light of increased levels of oral disease and retention of natural teeth, more community based oral health promotion and support for oral health literacy would be prudent in the Australian context.

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“…Of those studies examining the amount and/or type of news coverage, a key focus was on news coverage over time (n=71), particularly in terms of changes in the amount of coverage received and key themes within the coverage (e.g. [26,28,29,32,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]). For example, studies have found that the amount of news coverage of obesity [28,29], cancer [58,59], and smoking-related harms [32,60] have increased over time.…”

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30+ years of media analysis of relevance to chronic disease: a scoping review

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Background: Chronic, non-communicable diseases are a significant public health priority, requiring action at individual, community and population levels, and public and political will for such action. Exposure to media, including news, entertainment, and advertising media, is likely to influence both individual behaviours, and attitudes towards preventive actions at the population level. In recent years there has been a proliferation of research exploring how chronic diseases and their risk factors are portrayed across various forms of media. This scoping review aims to map the literature in this area to identify key themes, gaps, and opportunities for future research in this area. Methods: We searched three databases (Medline, PsycINFO and Global Health) in July 2016 and identified 499 original research articles meeting inclusion criteria: original research article, published in English, focusing on media representations of chronic disease (including how issues are framed in media, impact or effect of media representations, and factors that influence media representations). We extracted key data from included articles and examined the health topics, media channels and methods of included studies, and synthesised key themes across studies. Results: Our findings show that research on media portrayals of chronic disease increased substantially between 1985 and 2016. Smoking and nutrition were the most frequent health topics, and television and print were the most common forms of media examined, although, as expected, research on online and social media channels has increased in recent years. The majority of studies focused on the amount and type of media coverage, including how issues are framed, typically using content analysis approaches. In comparison, there was much less research on the influences on and consequences of media coverage related to chronic disease, suggesting an important direction for future work. Conclusions: The results highlight key themes across media research of relevance to chronic disease. More indepth syntheses of studies within the identified themes will allow us to draw out the key patterns and learnings across the literature.

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Food, nutrition and slimming messages in British women's magazines, 1950–1998

Abstract: Representation of food resonated with prevailing food culture but was not always congruent with nutrition policy.

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Food Purchasing Decisions and Environmental Ideology: An Exploratory Survey of UK Shoppers

Food Purchasing Decisions and Environmental Ideology: An Exploratory Survey of UK Shoppers

A content analysis of oral health messages in Australian mass media

30+ years of media analysis of relevance to chronic disease: a scoping review

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