Mapping how responsibility for poor diets is framed in the United Kingdom: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify and present (i) how responsibility for poor diets in the UK is framed across the public, mass media and the government and (ii) how groups experiencing socio-economic disadvantage are presented within this framing.

Design

A scoping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted using six databases. A systematic narrative synthesis guided by qualitative content analysis was applied to summarise the findings.

Results

Thirty-six articles were included. Studies exploring public perceptions of poor diets acknowledged personal and broader systems drivers, with individual responsibility predominating across studies. Research analysing media portrayals showed similar patterns of individual responsibility among right-leaning newspapers, which focused on

SUBMITTER: Serrano-Fuentes N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12722098 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature