PRESENTATION OF OBESITY IN NEWSPAPERS BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COUNTERACTING OBESITY

This study aims to examine how obesity is presented in newspapers before and after who european ministerial conference on counteracting obesity which was in istanbul, in 2006, in the context of health communication. within this framework, 752 articles published in akşam, güneş, hürriyet, milliyet, posta, sabah, takvim, türkiye, vatan and zaman newspapers on the years 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2014 are analyzed via content analysis method. the study focuses on the presentation of causes, solutions and consequences of obesity. findings show that newspapers present obesity as an individualistic issue in relation to cause and solution of obesity. consequences of obesity presented in the newspapers are mostly biological. qualitatively, presentation of obesity are not changed except from certain years. in other words, presentation of obesity is mostly an individualized health issue before and after who european ministerial conference on counteracting obesity in the newspapers. systemic factors are kept in the background in the news.