Obesity in the New Media: A Content Analysis of Obesity Videos on YouTube

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-97

  Yoo, Jina H ^a   Kim, Junghyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84863115464     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.569003     Document Type: Article

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