title: Parenting magazines and obesity: how well do they trim the fat?
abstract: Magazines serve as an important source for health-related news, and this study examines the kinds of obesity-related messages that appear in magazines targeting parents and women. Coders examined 306 stories between 2002 and 2008 and found that messages focused on food more frequently than exercise or dieting. Women were more likely to appear in stories with food-related themes, while men were more likely to appear when supporting research or data were present.
authors.affiliation: College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. carmstrong@jou.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Cory L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D058015:Health Communication / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D016487:Parenting; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012737:Sex Factors; D015431:Weight Loss