Mar Miralles1, Elisa Chilet-Rosell2, Ildefonso Hernández-Aguado3. 1. Departamento de Salud Pública, Historia de la Ciencia y Ginecología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, (Alicante), España. 2. Departamento de Salud Pública, Historia de la Ciencia y Ginecología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, (Alicante), España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España. Electronic address: echilet@umh.es. 3. Departamento de Salud Pública, Historia de la Ciencia y Ginecología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, (Alicante), España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore the frame, individual or collective, of childhood obesity in the main Spanish lay media. METHOD: Analysis of a convenience sample of 132 publications regarding childhood obesity (August 2016-September 2018). Descriptive analysis about approach, measures and causes of obesity and food industry influence in the development of the publication. RESULTS: 47% of the publications presented an individual approach. 54% included eating and physical activity as cause. 29% of the measures propose a healthy environment and 27% individual recommendations. Individual frame was present in 77% of the news influenced by the industry. CONCLUSION: Publications on childhood obesity of the main Spanish lay press reveal a predominance of the individual approach to the problem. This majority perception may condition the development and implementation of public health policies or interventions.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the frame, individual or collective, of childhood obesity in the main Spanish lay media. METHOD: Analysis of a convenience sample of 132 publications regarding childhood obesity (August 2016-September 2018). Descriptive analysis about approach, measures and causes of obesity and food industry influence in the development of the publication. RESULTS: 47% of the publications presented an individual approach. 54% included eating and physical activity as cause. 29% of the measures propose a healthy environment and 27% individual recommendations. Individual frame was present in 77% of the news influenced by the industry. CONCLUSION: Publications on childhood obesity of the main Spanish lay press reveal a predominance of the individual approach to the problem. This majority perception may condition the development and implementation of public health policies or interventions.
Keywords:
Communication media; Food industry; Health policies; Industria alimentaria; Medios de comunicación; News; Noticias; Obesidad infantil; Paediatric obesity; Políticas de salud
Authors: Ruben Sanchez-Sabate; Esteban Zunino; Yasna Badilla-Briones; Natalia Celedon Celis; Daniel Caro Saldías Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-02-25 Impact factor: 3.390