Nutrition claims in<scp>B</scp>ritish women's magazines from 1940 to 1955

Barker, Margo E.; Burridge, Joseph

doi:10.1111/jhn.12075

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“…It is clear that government was totally unprepared for this crisis. In contrast, planning to ensure food security and equitable distribution of food before the Second World War was extensive, with unprecedented emphasis on the nutritional value of food and policy intervention across all areas of the food chain (Barker and Burridge 2013 ).…”

Section: How the Government Has Respondedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feeding the food insecure in Britain: learning from the 2020 COVID-19 crisis

Barker

Russell

2020

Food Sec.

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The lockdown in Britain has rendered a large proportion of the population economically vulnerable and has at least quadrupled demand for emergency food relief. This paper looks critically at response to the crisis from the government and the voluntary sector with respect to provision of emergency food. In doing so, it has exposed gaps in understanding of the vagaries of the food supply for certain population groups and systemic weaknesses in the current system of emergency food aid. We make recommendations for healthier governmental capacity to react to a food security crisis, better relationships between the government and the voluntary sector, and further research into the dietary constraints of the precariate. Importantly, the social system needs to be responsive to short-term changes in people's income if people are not to fall into food insecurity.

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Section: How the Government Has Respondedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feeding the food insecure in Britain: learning from the 2020 COVID-19 crisis

Barker

Russell

2020

Food Sec.

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“…There has been much research attention as to the nature and construction of information about food, dieting, nutrition and health in women’s magazines [ 3 , 5 – 7 ]. In contrast, although it has been observed that contemporary lifestyle magazines for men include such topics as cooking, health and well-being [ 8 ] there has been little coherent study of these food and health messages.…”

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confidence: 99%

Dietary advice for muscularity, leanness and weight control in Men’s Health magazine: a content analysis

2014

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BackgroundThe dietary content of advice in men’s lifestyle magazines has not been closely scrutinised.MethodsWe carried out an analysis of such content in all 2009 issues (n = 11) of Men’s Health (MH) focusing on muscularity, leanness and weight control.ResultsPromotion of a mesomorphic body image underpinned advice to affect muscle building and control weight. Diet advice was underpinned by a strong pseudo-scientific discourse, with citation of expert sources widely used to legitimise the information. Frequently multiple dietary components were advocated within one article e.g. fat, omega-3 fatty acids, thiamine, zinc and high-glycaemic index foods. Furthermore advice would cover numerous nutritional effects, e.g. strengthening bones, reducing stress and boosting testosterone, with little contextualisation. The emphasis on attainment of a mesomorphic body image permitted promotion of slimming diets.Advice to increase calorie and protein intake to augment muscle mass was frequent (183 and 262 references, respectively). Such an anabolic diet was advised in various ways, including consumption of traditional protein foods (217 references) and sports foods (107 references), thereby replicating muscle magazines’ support for nutritional supplements. Although advice to increase consumption of red meat was common (52 references), fish and non-flesh sources of protein (eggs, nuts & pulses, and soy products) together exceeded red meat in number of recommendations (206 references). Advice widely asserted micronutrients and phytochemicals from plant food (161 references) as being important in muscle building. This emphasis diverges from stereotypical gender-based food consumption patterns.Dietary advice for control of body weight largely replicated that of muscularity, with strong endorsement to consume fruits and vegetables (59 references), diets rich in nuts and pulses and fish (66 references), as well as specific micronutrients and phytochemicals (62 references). Notably there was emphasis on fat-burning, good fats and consumption of single foods, with relatively little mention of dietary restriction.ConclusionsDespite the widespread use of scientific information to endorse dietary advice, the content, format and scientific basis of dietary content of MH leaves much to be desired. The dietary advice as provided may not be conducive to public health.

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“…Further differentiation of the fat and health message is apparent in 1990s advertising when claims for specific fatty acids were more prominent, reflecting scientific refinement of the relationship between various fatty acids, including those from fish oils, and health (Simopoulos, 1991). The increasing differentiation of nutrition messages in the last 20 years of the 20th Century is congruent with studies of print media in other countries (Barr, 1989;Zwier, 2009) and is discordant from the straightforward nutrition messages of the 1940s and 1950s (Barker & Burridge, 2013).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%