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Article: Weight loss and muscle building content in popular magazines oriented toward women and men.
- Article from:
- North American Journal of Psychology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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Anderson and DiDomenico (1992) reported that the content of magazines for women and men held more weight loss articles and advertisements than weight gain articles and advertisements. In fact, the ratio of 10:1 weight loss material to weight gain material mirrored the incidence of women to men diagnosed with eating disorders. The media landscape has changed over the past 15 years, with more popular magazines oriented toward men being created. The present study re-evaluated the magazine content of present magazines marketed to women and men. The results indicate that weight loss content still is more prevalent than weight gain content overall, though, in men's magazines, the ...
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