Nutrition topics in the selected print media

In the society, which is based on the medicalization and healthism, there is an increasing emphasis on nutrition and consenquently there are many articles about nutrition in the print media. The purpose of the thesis is to determinate: the extent to which these articles are presented in the most widely read print media, which kind of articles are represented, who are their authors and if it is possible that in these articles are any deviations from the applicable guidelines of healthy eating. The main part of the thesis is the analysis of the nutritional articles in selected print media. The results have shown that in all of the selected print media are appearing articles about nutrition. There are fewer articles about nutrition in the magazines for young people. Some articles are written by author, other articles are written by non-author. The authors are journalists as well as experts in various fields. In the articles about nutrition are appearing the following themes: healthism and medicalization, diets, beauty and care, recipes, industrial food processing, each food or nutrient and advertising. In most cases, the nutritional advices, in the analyzed articles, are in accordance with the guidelines of healthy eating. Deviations are appearing just in the advices for weight loss