Over the past half century, consumers in Australia have increasingly been confronted with a plethora of health food products. This paper focuses on health food that encourages consumption through the promise of health benefits. In this context, media representation of such food serves as a lens...

The social construction of health food over half a century in magazine advertising in the Australian context is examined using documentary evidence and a socio-historical perspective. This paper explores the idea that health foods have over the years been socially constructed by multiple...

This study compares the discourses around food and the family in popular ‘women’s magazines’ in the UK and Australia in the post World War 2 period. Advertisements for food, editorials and articles on nutrition, food, family and healthy eating are examined and analysed to map the...

Over the past decade consumers in Australia and elsewhere have increasingly been confronted with a fast growing number of health food products. This profusion of health foods is accompanied by a proliferation in popular culture of professional nutritional advice on what is 'good to eat'. The...