Overweight and Obesity in Local Media: An Analysis of Media Coverage in CDC-Funded Communities.

Christopher N Thomas, Derek Inokuchi, Thomas Lehman, Rebecca Ledsky, Andre Weldy

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Article in Preventing chronic disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Christopher N ThomasCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop F-77, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717. Email: cthomas2@cdc.gov.

Derek InokuchiFHI 360 Social Marketing and Communication, Washington, District of Columbia.

Thomas LehmanFHI 360 Social Marketing and Communication, Washington, District of Columbia.

Rebecca LedskyFHI 360 Social Marketing and Communication, Washington, District of Columbia.

Andre WeldyFHI 360 Social Marketing and Communication, Washington, District of Columbia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a content analysis of newspaper and television news coverage in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grantee locations from June 2011 through May 2013. After searching 2 databases for news stories related to overweight or obesity, we coded and analyzed stories for valence (how the author/reporter framed overweight and obesity control strategies), descriptors, causes and solutions, and populations mentioned. Of almost 3,000 stories analyzed, most had a neutral or positive valence, depicted overweight and obesity as epidemic, discussed individual causes and environmental solutions most frequently, and mentioned children most often. Earned media can be part of addressing overweight and obesity by emphasizing prevention and by emphasizing both environmental and individual causes and solutions.

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Financing, OrganizedNewspapers as TopicCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.HumansObesityUnited States

Identifiers

PMID29215979

DOI10.5888/pcd14.170107

PMCPMC5724995

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