publications

BMSG's issue series

Moving nutrition upstream: The case for reframing obesity [pdf]

Monday, January 01, 2007

Nutrition is often described primarily as a matter of individual responsibility, which results in a focus on limited strategies that are unlikely to be successful. Public health advocates need to change the terms of debate or “reframe” the issue so that the context around individuals — the social, economic, and political context — comes into view. This paper uses obesity as an example of the need for reframing in nutrition and offers suggestions on reframing based on lessons learned from other public health issues.

Interactive food & beverage marketing: Targeting children and youth in the digital age — brief report

Monday, January 01, 2007

This report by Jeff Chester from the Center for Digital Democracy and Kathryn Montgomery from American University describes new marketing practices that are fundamentally transforming how food and beverage companies do business with young people in the twenty-first century. See additional examples, news coverage, and statements from Marion Nestle, Kelly Brownell, the Strategic Alliance, Senator Tom Harkin, and Congressman Edward J. Markey at digitalads.org. View the full report.

Issue 16: Moving from head to heart: Using media advocacy to talk about affordable housing

Sunday, October 01, 2006

This is the story of how a group of dedicated but frustrated affordable housing advocates learned to tell their story so it reflected their values and the values that resonated with policy makers. What they thought would be a simple refresher course in working with the media transformed their own understanding of affordable housing, how to talk about it, and, ultimately, what was done about it.

The problem with obesity

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Obesity has become the popular term for a set of problems that result in premature death and injury from diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. It is a convenient term, but we should stop using it. This framing brief explains why.

Luchemos contra la promocion de alimentos chatarra entre los ninos [pdf]

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Las comunidades que se enfrentan a la obesidad se sienten frustradas por practicas de mercadotecnia que promueven alimentos y bebidas insalubres como opciones atractivas, disponibles, y asequibles. Pero partidarios de estas comunidades pueden luchar con éxito contra estas practicas. Esta conjunto de herramientas contiene ejemplos y historias que estas comunidades pueden utilizar para reducir la mercadotecnia y promoción desagradables. Tambien disponible en Inglés.

Fighting junk food marketing to kids: A toolkit for advocates [pdf]

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Communities confronting obesity are frustrated by the corporate marketing practices that make unhealthy foods and beverages attractive, easily available and readily affordable. But local advocates are not powerless to do something about this issue. This toolkit provides examples and stories of what local communities can do to limit the reach of unwanted marketing and promotion. Also available in Spanish.

Framing the economic benefits of investments in early childhood development

Saturday, October 01, 2005

The early childhood development (ECD) field has been energized by a chorus of new voices from outside its ranks: economists. Their arguments reinforce what those in the ECD field have known for some time: that benefits from quality ECD programs accrue not only to individual children and families, but also to society as a whole. But explaining that to those outside the field has not been easy. This paper aims to make that job easier.

More than a message: Framing public health advocacy to change corporate practices

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Framing battles in public health illustrate the tension in our society between individual freedom and collective responsibility. This article describes how two frames, market justice and social justice, first articulated in a public health context by Dan Beauchamp, influence public dialogue on the health consequences of corporate practices. It also offers lessons for health education practitioners who need to frame public health issues in contentious and controversial policy contexts.

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