Socially Constructing Healthy Eating
A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Healthy Eating Information and Advice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4644063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jo Mackenzie (0000-0002-2021-4239, Hertfordshire County Council, Hertford, United Kingdom, corresponding author), Esther Murray (0000-0002-3274-6443, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2135-2146 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10497323211023436 |
| PMID | 34166148 |
| OpenAlex | W3173181730 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 43 |
A variety of materials offering healthy eating advice have been produced in the United Kingdom to encourage people to eat well and avoid diet-related health issues. By applying a Foucauldian discourse analysis, this research aimed to uncover the discourses used in six healthy eating texts (two state-produced and four commercial texts), how people positioned themselves in relation to these discourses, and the power relations between institutions and the U.K. public. Ten discourses including scientific, thermodynamics, natural, family/caring, emotional, medical, and moral discourses were uncovered and offered up subject positions in relation to moral citizenship and personal responsibility. Through the use of biopower, foods appeared to be categorized as "good" or "bad" foods in which bad foods were considered to be risky to health due to their nutritional composition. Most texts assumed people have the agency to follow the advice provided and failed to consider the readers' personal contexts
Biopower · Citizenship · Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Linguistics · Moral responsibility · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Law · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |