ArticlePublic health nutrition2014
Temporality in British young women's magazines: food, cooking and weight loss.
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- Women are lean and men are also lean: nutrition titles in women's and men's health magazines.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Analysis of the Nutritional Value of the Diets Presented in Women's and Sports Magazines before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- 30+ years of media analysis of relevance to chronic disease: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2020Article
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- Dietary advice for muscularity, leanness and weight control in Men's Health magazine: a content analysis.BMC public health · 2014Article
- New Year's res-illusions: food shopping in the new year competes with healthy intentions.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study examines seasonal and temporal patterns in food-related content of two UK magazines for young women focusing on food types, cooking and weight loss.
designContent analysis of magazines from three time blocks between 1999 and 2011.
settingDesk-based study. SUBJECTS: Ninety-seven magazines yielding 590 advertisements and 148 articles.
resultsCluster analysis of type of food advertising produced three clusters of magazines, which reflected recognised food behaviours of young women: vegetarianism, convenience eating and weight control. The first cluster of magazines was associated with Christmas and Millennium time periods, with advertising of alcohol, coffee, cheese, vegetarian meat substitutes and weight-loss pills. Recipes were prominent in article content and tended to be for cakes/desserts, luxury meals and party food. The second cluster was associated with summer months and 2010 issues. There was little advertising for conventional foods in cluster 2, but strong representation of diet plans and foods for weight loss. Weight-loss messages in articles focused on short-term aesthetic goals, emphasising speedy weight loss without giving up nice foods or exercising. Cluster 3 magazines were associated with post-New Year and 2005 periods. Food advertising was for everyday foods and convenience products, with fewer weight-loss products than other clusters; conversely, article content had a greater prevalence of weight-loss messages.
conclusionsThe cyclical nature of magazine content - indulgence and excess encouraged at Christmas, restraint recommended post-New Year and severe dieting advocated in the summer months - endorses yo-yo dieting behaviour and may not be conducive to public health.
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