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I haven't checked these links yet but as you know, media race bias masked as weight bias is a major research interest of mine.



Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:54:20 -0800

From: Sally Lehrman <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Subject: Re: [ahcj-l] Media framing diabetes in AI/AN population as

      lifestyle issue and public policy

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Forgot to mention, this is an issue that I've been working on across a variety of capacities. You can hear the radio documentary we did on obesity and diabetes among the Pima if you click "Rewriting Heredity" here:

http://www.dnafiles.org/programs



Best,

Sally Lehrman



On 12/12/2011 4:07 PM, Andrew Holtz wrote:

>

> My sense is that individual behavior is often the underlying theme of

> most stories about ailments related to obesity in all populations.

> (Last year, I did a story on the focus on individuals that?s available

> here: http://www.lmpn.tv/#/news/28)

>

> However, Renita Coleman at the University of Texas

> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> recently told

> me she had done a study of news reports that found journalists are

> using social, rather than individual, frames in health stories more

> often these days. That said, reader comments indicate that people

> still tend put blame on the individual.

>

> The ?Unnatural Causes? PBS series did an episode titled ?Bad Sugar?

> that specifically looked at the research on diabetes among Pima

> Indians? and the historical, social and economic forces at play? in

> addition to the genetic and behavioral factors that have been the

> focus of most of the medical research on this population. You can see

> a transcript and other info at

> http://unnaturalcauses.org/episode_descriptions.php?page=4

>

> Cheers,

>

> Andrew

>

> Andrew Holtz

>

> Portland, OR

>

> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]>


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