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Pass the Popcorn: “Obesogenic” Behaviors and Stigma in Children’s Movies

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of obesity-related behaviors and attitudes in children’s movies. DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed a mixed-methods study of the top-grossing G- and PG-rated movies, 2006–2010 (4 per year). For each 10-minute movie segment the following were assessed: 1) prevalen...

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Autores principales: Throop, Elizabeth M., Skinner, Asheley Cockrell, Perrin, Andrew J., Steiner, Michael J., Odulana, Adebowale, Perrin, Eliana M.
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Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24311390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20652
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Skinner, Asheley Cockrell
Perrin, Andrew J.
Steiner, Michael J.
Odulana, Adebowale
Perrin, Eliana M.
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description OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of obesity-related behaviors and attitudes in children’s movies. DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed a mixed-methods study of the top-grossing G- and PG-rated movies, 2006–2010 (4 per year). For each 10-minute movie segment the following were assessed: 1) prevalence of key nutrition and physical activity behaviors corresponding to the American Academy of Pediatrics obesity prevention recommendations for families; 2) prevalence of weight stigma; 3) assessment as healthy, unhealthy, or neutral; 3) free-text interpretations of stigma. RESULTS: Agreement between coders was greater than 85% (Cohen’s kappa=0.7), good for binary responses. Segments with food depicted: exaggerated portion size (26%); unhealthy snacks (51%); sugar-sweetened beverages (19%). Screen time was also prevalent (40% of movies showed television; 35% computer; 20% video games). Unhealthy segments outnumbered healthy segments 2:1. Most (70%) of the movies included weight-related stigmatizing content (e.g. “That fat butt! Flabby arms! And this ridiculous belly!”). CONCLUSIONS: These popular children’s movies had significant “obesogenic” content, and most contained weight-based stigma. They present a mixed message to children: promoting unhealthy behaviors while stigmatizing the behaviors’ possible effects. Further research is needed to determine the effects of such messages on children.
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spelling pubmed-40047262015-01-01 Pass the Popcorn: “Obesogenic” Behaviors and Stigma in Children’s Movies Throop, Elizabeth M. Skinner, Asheley Cockrell Perrin, Andrew J. Steiner, Michael J. Odulana, Adebowale Perrin, Eliana M. Obesity (Silver Spring) Article OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of obesity-related behaviors and attitudes in children’s movies. DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed a mixed-methods study of the top-grossing G- and PG-rated movies, 2006–2010 (4 per year). For each 10-minute movie segment the following were assessed: 1) prevalence of key nutrition and physical activity behaviors corresponding to the American Academy of Pediatrics obesity prevention recommendations for families; 2) prevalence of weight stigma; 3) assessment as healthy, unhealthy, or neutral; 3) free-text interpretations of stigma. RESULTS: Agreement between coders was greater than 85% (Cohen’s kappa=0.7), good for binary responses. Segments with food depicted: exaggerated portion size (26%); unhealthy snacks (51%); sugar-sweetened beverages (19%). Screen time was also prevalent (40% of movies showed television; 35% computer; 20% video games). Unhealthy segments outnumbered healthy segments 2:1. Most (70%) of the movies included weight-related stigmatizing content (e.g. “That fat butt! Flabby arms! And this ridiculous belly!”). CONCLUSIONS: These popular children’s movies had significant “obesogenic” content, and most contained weight-based stigma. They present a mixed message to children: promoting unhealthy behaviors while stigmatizing the behaviors’ possible effects. Further research is needed to determine the effects of such messages on children. 2013-12-06 2014-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4004726/ /pubmed/24311390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20652 Text en http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms Users may view, print, copy, and download text and data-mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use:http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms
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title_short Pass the Popcorn: “Obesogenic” Behaviors and Stigma in Children’s Movies
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20652
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