" Fat is your fault". Gatekeepers to health, attributions of responsibility and the portrayal of gender in the Irish media representation of obesity

Appetite

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-26

  De Brún, Aoife ^a,b   McCarthy, Mary ^a   McKenzie, Kenneth ^b   McGloin, Aileen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Safefood   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes to food and diet; Gender; Ireland; Media studies; Obesity; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CAREGIVER; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIET; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE;

BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DIET; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEN; MOTHERS; NEWSPAPERS; OBESITY; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN;

EID: 84871017116     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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