TY - JOUR AU - Thomas, Christopher N. AU - Inokuchi, Derek AU - Lehman, Thomas AU - Ledsky, Rebecca AU - Weldy, Andre PY - 2017 TI - Overweight and Obesity in Local Media: An Analysis of Media Coverage in CDC-Funded Communities T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E126 VL - 14 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - 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. SN - 1545-1151 UR - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.170107 DO - 10.5888/pcd14.170107 ER - 国产精品久久久久久一级毛片