Ordered Map: How are family characterizations of eating, weight, and appearance represented in on...

1. Individual Human Elements

1.1. Dieticians/ nutritionists

1.2. Physicians

1.3. Psychologists/ psychiatrists

1.4. Teachers/ professors

1.5. Chefs

1.6. Food writers

1.7. Entrepreneurs

1.8. Photographers

1.9. Fitness instructors

1.10. Mothers

1.11. Children and adolescents

1.12. Survivors of eating disorders

2. Non-Human Elements

2.1. ParentsCanada magazine

2.2. Today’s Parent magazine

2.3. Canadian Family magazine

2.4. Canadian Living magazine

2.5. Readers Digest magazine

2.6. Canada Food Guide

2.7. Internet

2.8. Online articles

2.9. Researcher journal

2.10. Researcher memos

2.11. Consultation with supervisors

2.12. Emails

2.13. OurKids.net

2.14. Mindmeister.com

2.15. Gliffy.com

3. Collective Human Elements

3.1. Families

3.2. Obesity Society

3.3. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

3.4. Canadian Medical Association

3.5. House of Commons Standing Committee on Health

3.6. Health Canada

3.7. Weight Watchers

3.8. EatRight Ontario

3.9. Perinatal Resource Center of Montréal

3.10. Statistics Canada

3.11. Body Image Works

3.12. Canadian Organic Growers

3.13. Children’s Environmental Health Network

3.14. Real Food for Real Kids

3.15. FoodShare Toronto’s Salad Bars in Schools

3.16. Slow Food Movement

3.17. Canadian Personal Chef Association

3.18. Dieticians of Canada

3.19. Canada’ Physical Activity Guide

3.20. Active Healthy Kids Canada

3.21. ParticipAction

3.22. Heart and Stroke Foundation

3.23. Canadian Diabetes Association

3.24. Sprout Right

3.25. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

4. Sociocultural Elements

4.1. Media

4.2. Family pressure

4.3. Peer pressure

5. Major Issues/ Debates

5.1. Restrictive eating practices versus listen to your body

5.2. Health over weight

5.3. Measures of health

5.4. Weight as a problem

5.5. Appearance tied to body shape

5.6. Body acceptance

5.7. Extending the focus beyond appearance

6. Spatial Elements

6.1. Universities/ schools

6.2. Hospitals/ health clinics

6.3. Family home environment

7. Implicated/ silent elements

7.1. Eating for health

7.2. Definitions of ‘appropriate’ eating behaviours

7.3. Balanced diet

7.4. Definitions of health

7.5. Weight-related concerns impact on wellness/ wellness impact on weight-related concerns

7.6. Beauty at every size

7.7. Weight loss/ weight management

7.8. Weight bias

7.9. Fathers

8. Family Characterizations of Weight Discourses

8.1. Health over weight

8.2. Numerical measures of weight

8.3. Ignore numerical measures of weight

8.4. Overweight or obese associated with poor health

8.5. Obesity epidemic

8.6. Increasing rates of child obesity and overweight

8.7. Children and adolescents at risk for body image concerns

8.8. Symptoms of eating disorders

8.9. Weight-related statistics

8.10. Pathologizing weight-related labelling

8.11. Gender-specific weight-related concerns

8.12. Confusing weight-related information in the media

8.13. Weight-related concerns are misunderstood

8.14. Education on weight-related concerns not helpful

8.15. Education on weight-related concerns helpful

8.16. Physicians as advocates for weight loss

9. Family Characterizations of Appearance Discourses

9.1. Healthy at every size

9.2. Skinny equals healthy

9.3. Devaluation of fat

9.4. Thinness is attractiveness

9.5. A thin mom is a good mom

9.6. Appearance tied to body shape

9.7. Appearance-related commentary (not associated with weight)

9.8. Acceptance of all shapes and sizes

9.9. Promotion of positive body image

9.10. Avoidance of commentary based on appearance

9.11. The human body is capable

9.12. Commentary based on strengths, abilities, skills and characteristics

10. Family Characterizations of Eating Discourses

10.1. Portion control

10.2. Count calories

10.3. Food restriction

10.4. Food tracking

10.5. Appetite control

10.6. Food avoidance

10.7. Division of Responsibility in Healthy Eating

10.8. Listen to hunger and satiety signals

10.9. Quantity of food depends on the individual

10.10. Rigid eating practices

10.11. Timed meals

10.12. Eating/ meal routines

10.13. Eliminate distractions during meals

10.14. Flexible eating practices

10.15. Make eating fun

10.16. Follow the Canada Food Guide

10.17. Eliminate unhealthy foods

10.18. Organic versus non-organic food

10.19. Read food labels

10.20. Eating for pleasure

10.21. Moderate approaches to healthy eating

10.22. Healthy alternatives

10.23. Balanced diet

10.24. Eating for energy

10.25. Home cooked meals

10.26. Creative meal preparation

10.27. Transparency of healthy food presentation

10.28. Connection between eating and emotion

10.29. Healthy eating is simple

10.30. Manners

10.31. Meals to foster family connection

10.32. Shared meal preparation

10.33. Shared meals

10.34. Avoid conversations about food

10.35. Avoid encouraging children to diet

10.36. Unhealthy eating behaviours contributes poorly to wellness

10.37. Negative influence of under-eating on wellness

10.38. Positive influence of healthy eating on wellness

10.39. Positive influence of shared meal preparation responsibility within the family on wellness

11. Other Discourses

11.1. Parents as health promoters

11.2. Provide support

11.3. Parents as role models of healthy weight-related behaviours

11.4. Importance of home environment for child health

11.5. Positive influence of parent-child relationships on mental health

11.6. Pressure on parents to be promoters of health

11.7. Parents as ‘preventors’ of weight-related concerns

11.8. Parents as role models of unhealthy weight-related behaviours

11.9. Children as observational learners of weight-related behaviours

11.10. Health as a lifestyle

11.11. Promotion of exercise for health

11.12. Exercise as a component of a healthy lifestyle

11.13. Lack of physical activity contributes poorly to wellness

11.14. Media literacy

11.15. Teachers as health promoters

11.16. Health promotion campaigns oriented towards youth

11.17. Involvement of others in child wellness

11.18. Adolescent vulnerability to sociocultural pressures

11.19. Influence of media on wellness

11.20. Influence of peers on physical health

11.21. Exercise as a skill

11.22. Exercise for family bonding