Get Obesity In The Media - Obesity Action Coalition - Obesityaction

Members of minority ethnic groups in the UK often have lower socioeconomic status, which is in turn associated with a greater risk of obesity in women and children. People from minority ethnic groups may experience elevated levels of obesity-related stigma.

Children from lower social classes up to 5kg heavier than their more advantaged peers, study finds. Disadvantaged children born at the start of the 21st century weighed up to 5kg more in their childhood and early teenage years than those from more privileged backgrounds.

If you consistently burn all of the calories that you consume in the course of a day, you will maintain your weight. If you consume more energy (calories) than you expend, you will gain weight. Excess calories are stored throughout your body as fat.

Promoting healthy eating habits and encouraging exercise. Developing public policies that promote access to healthy, low-fat, high-fiber foods. Training healthcare professionals so that they can effectively support people who need to lose weight and help others avoid gaining weight.

Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through increased eating while viewing; exposure to high-calorie, low-nutrient food and beverage marketing that influences children's preferences, purchase requests, consumption habits; and reduced sleep duration.

In contrast, social media can also have negative effects. Mazur et al. [25] showed that children who use social media more are at greater risk of sleep disturbance that leads to obesity. They reported a 40% decrease in obesity in children whose parents limit their screen-time than in children without such limitation.

Investigators have hypothesized that television viewing causes obesity by one or more of three mechanisms: (1) displacement of physical activity, (2) increased calorie consumption while watching or caused by the effects of advertising, and (3) reduced resting metabolism.

Summary: "Our finding that news reporting on obesity as a public health crisis brought on by bad personal choices can worsen anti-fat prejudice and increase people's willingness to charge obese men and women more for insurance" said David Frederick, Ph. ...

Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through increased eating while viewing; exposure to high-calorie, low-nutrient food and beverage marketing that influences children's preferences, purchase requests, consumption habits; and reduced sleep duration.

In contrast, social media can also have negative effects. Mazur et al. [25] showed that children who use social media more are at greater risk of sleep disturbance that leads to obesity. They reported a 40% decrease in obesity in children whose parents limit their screen-time than in children without such limitation.