News media framing of childhood obesity in the United States from 2000 to 2009

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-145

  Barry, Colleen L ^a   Jarlenski, Marian ^a   Grob, Rachel ^b   Schlesinger, Mark ^c   Gollust, Sarah E ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Framing; News media

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEVERAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FAMILY HERITAGE; FAMILY LIFE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEREDITY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MARKETING; MASS MEDIUM; NEWS MAGAZINE; NEWS MEDIA; NEWS STORY; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCHOOL; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHILD; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; OBESITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959944043     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3924     Document Type: Article

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