A radical operation’ – a thematic analysis of newspaper framing of bariatric surgery in adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID15371981
AuthorsSander Lefere (0000-0001-5734-3467, Ghent University Hospital, corresponding author), Kato Verghote (0000-0002-6853-7862, Ghent University), Ruth De Bruyne (0000-0002-5623-3300, Ghent University Hospital), Provoost (0000-0003-4451-3425, Ghent University), Priya Satalkar (0000-0003-2769-8931, Ghent University), Priya P Satalkar
Year2023
Volume23
Issue1
Pages447-447
Publication date2023-03-07
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-023-15366-8
PMID36882787
OpenAlexW4323350997
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited30

Our findings provide insights into how adolescent bariatric surgery is represented in the print news media. Despite frequent citing of experts and studies on the efficacy, safety and unmet need for bariatric surgery, obesity and surgery in adolescents are often stigmatized and sensationalized, with (prospective) patients depicted as looking for an easy way out in the form of a solution brought by others (health systems, society, tax payers). This may increase the stigma surrounding adolescent obesity, and therefore limit the acceptability of specific treatments such as bariatric surgery

Blame · Framing (construction · Mass media · Media studies · Newspaper · Normative · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Public health · Qualitative research · Sensationalism · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Social Psychology

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