News Source May Steer Perceived Solution to Childhood Obesity
ScienceDaily (June 20, 2011) — Where you get your news could play a significant role in determining what you perceive as the best strategy for addressing childhood obesity.
According to a study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, whether you believe the keys to combating childhood obesity are personal factors such as individual behavior changes or system-level factors such as marketing and the environment may depend on your primary news source. Researchers examined the news media's framing of childhood obesity and found that television news was more likely than other news sources to focus on individual behavior change as a solution, while newspapers were more likely to identify system-level solutions.
The results are featured in the June 20, 2011, issue of Pediatrics.
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