Globesity, Food Marketing and Family Lifestyles [electronic resource] /
Kline, Stephen.author.
This book examines the public controversies surrounding lifestyle risks in the consumer society. Comparing news coverage of the 'globesity' pandemic in Britain and the USA, it illustrates the way moral panic brought children's food marketing to the centre of the policy debates about consumer lifestyles.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Bad news : lifestyle risk agenda setting -- pt. 2. The policy nexus : assessing children's vulnerability to the TV diet -- pt. 3. Beyond blame : unpacking media-saturated domesticity.
This book examines the public controversies surrounding lifestyle risks in the consumer society. Comparing news coverage of the 'globesity' pandemic in Britain and the USA, it illustrates the way moral panic brought children's food marketing to the centre of the policy debates about consumer lifestyles.
Social groups.
Family.
Culture.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Communication.
Well-being.
Children.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Sociology of Culture.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Sociology, general.
Media Research.
Child Well-being.