"Norwegians fear fatness more than anything else" -A qualitative study of normative newspaper messages on obesity and health

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Malterud, Kirsti ^a   Ulriksen, Kjersti ^a  

^a Research Unit for General Practice   (Norway)

Author keywords

Culture; Mass media; Obesity; Prejudice; Qualitative research; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NORWAY; OBESITY; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA;

HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77955923558     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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