Fearing Fat
Exploring the Discursive Links between Childhood Obesity, Parenting, and Leisure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10138177 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mike Mainland (University of Waterloo, corresponding author), Susan Shaw (0000-0001-7160-853X, University of Waterloo), Andrea Prier (University of Waterloo) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 202-219 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Leisure Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2216 • E-ISSN: 2159-6417 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00222216.2015.11950357 |
| OpenAlex | W2281206220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 44 |
This paper explores the dominant discourses associated with childhood obesity, children's leisure, and parenting practice, as revealed through two mainstream parenting magazines. Specifically, critical discourse analysis (CDA) is used to explore the discursive messages associated with childhood obesity, paying particular attention to the implications of this discourse for children's leisure and for parental responsibility. Implicit and explicit messages from a variety (n=70) of different texts (articles, images, advertisements etc.) were analyzed. Three central themes emerged: (a) instilling a fear of fat, (b) the notion of parental choice, and (c) the obligatory nature of leisure. These themes are discussed in light of critical theory and its application to the moral regulation of parenting as well as children's health and leisure
Childhood obesity · Critical discourse analysis · Developmental psychology · Discourse analysis · Ideology · Linguistics · Mainstream · Obesity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Music History and Culture · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology
Risk Society
The normal chaos of love
Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse
The Obesity Epidemic
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity
Linking obesity and activity level with children's television and video game use
Association of access to parks and recreational facilities with the physical activity of young children
Obesity in children and young people
Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'
Risk, health and parenting culture
Contextualising risk, constructing choice
Living with risk in the age of ‘intensive motherhood’
Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis
Diet quality, physical activity, body weight and health-related quality of life among grade 5 students in Canada
Family Leisure and Changing Ideologies of Parenthood
Diversity and ideology
Thinking beyond moral panic
Leisure, women and gender
Constructing the “Good Mother”
Perspectives on Parenting Responsibility
The Good Father
Purposive Leisure
Mothers and Daughters
Handbook of Social Theory
Risk society
Framing the mother
Moral Panic and Social Theory
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |