Monash University, Australia.
La Trobe University, Australia.
Health (London). 2019 Jan;23(1):76-96. doi: 10.1177/1363459317724855. Epub 2017 Aug 12.
Obesity is considered a public health concern. In Australia, there are a greater number of overweight or obese men compared with women. The media is an important source of information about body weight and weight management. We undertook a qualitative study to analyse men's weight loss stories in a popular men's magazine. Between January 2009 and December 2012, we collected 47 men's weight loss stories from the Australian edition of Men's Health magazine. We undertook thematic analysis to examine the stories. Confession, personal responsibility, appearance and transformation were key themes. The stories describe the men's self-discipline and their monitoring and tracking of their behaviours as activities which supported their weight loss. In this way, the stories promote the importance of such panoptic self-surveillance and self-discipline to the readers. We consider how such stories contribute to the wider synoptic system of media messages about body weight.
肥胖被认为是一个公共卫生问题。在澳大利亚，超重或肥胖的男性比女性多。媒体是有关体重和体重管理的重要信息来源。我们进行了一项定性研究，以分析一本流行男性杂志中的男性减肥故事。在 2009 年 1 月至 2012 年 12 月期间，我们从《男性健康》澳大利亚版杂志中收集了 47 个男性减肥故事。我们进行了主题分析以检查这些故事。坦白，个人责任，外表和转变是关键主题。这些故事描述了男性的自律以及他们对行为的监测和跟踪，这些行为支持了他们的减肥。通过这种方式，这些故事向读者强调了这种全面监督自我监控和自律的重要性。我们考虑了这些故事如何为更广泛的媒体关于体重的综合信息系统做出贡献。
