Governing the healthy male citizen: Men, masculinity and popular health in Men's Health magazine

Body dissatisfaction, appearance investment, and wellbeing: How older obese men orient to "aesthetic health".

“…Furthermore, we show that the men we spoke to were motivated to lose weight not only for medical and practical reasons, but importantly also to improve their body confidence, or 'aesthetic health' (Crawshaw, 2007). Our data suggest that although a certain level of (subjectively determined) overweight is tolerable, perhaps linked to traditional notions of masculinity founded on physical stature (see Monaghan, 2008), certain appearance-related events and stimuli (e.g.…”

“…An important factor in men's lack of engagement with weight loss programmes is 'masculinity' -such programmes, and the association with dieting, are perceived as feminised (Gough, 2009a;2007;Gough & Conner, 2006). For this reason, new 'male-friendly' interventions are emerging in order to capture obese men.…”

Beyond the caveman: Rethinking masculinity in relation to men’s help-seeking

“…Although recent research into gender roles has emphasised the dynamism and fragmentation of masculinity (Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005;Segal, 1990), it is a key tenet of 'Men's Health' that masculinity is to blame for men's lack of interaction with health services (Cranshaw, 2007). However, being masculine not the only or most Masculinities and help-seeking 7 important aspect of the social self in contemporary Western society.…”

Sağlık için Tüketimin Teşvik Edilmesinde Kaynak Olarak Dergiler: “Women’s Health” ve “Men’s Health” Dergileri Üzerine Bir Karşılaştırma

“…As Crawshaw (2007Crawshaw ( , s. 1606) mentioned, especially magazines are important for the accomplishment of health, well-being and to reach the ideal body. At this point, it is possible to say that the magazines are more effective than the other media tools.…”