How the Spanish press frames obesity: A study of content published by El País, La Vanguardia, and El Correo in 2015

Abstract

Obesity has become an ongoing focus of newspaper journalism. This study analyzes content published on this topic by Spanish dailies El País, La Vanguardia, and El Correo throughout 2015. During this 12-month period, these three newspapers published 183 news items that made some sort of reference to obesity, 59 percent of which were completely devoted to the problem. The research reported here has focused on identifying the dominant frames employed in this coverage.