Negative stereotypes of the Scottish diet: A qualitative analysis of deep-fried Mars bar references in bestselling newspapers in Scotland, 2011-14

Appetite

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 369-376

  Knight, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Discourse; Glasgow effect; Media; Qualitative; Scotland; Scottish effect; Stereotypes; UK

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; SCOTSMAN; STEREOTYPY; SUN; CANDY; COOKING; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH; LIPID DIET; OBESITY; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANDY; COOKING; DIET, HIGH-FAT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84966312172     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.04.030     Document Type: Article

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