Obesity in the news: Directions for future research

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 554-559

  Atanasova, D ^a   Koteyko, N ^a   Gunter, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Framing; News; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; OBESITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLISHING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELECOMMUNICATION;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; OBESITY; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH;

EID: 84860890076     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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