Who are the experts? Examining the online promotion of misleading and harmful nutrition information

Heather Horsburgh; David Barron

Who are the experts? Examining the online promotion of misleading and harmful nutrition information

Heather Horsburgh, David Barron

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There is a proliferation of websites, blogs, and social media accounts focused on providing weight loss, muscle gain, health and fitness information and products. Whilst there are positives to this focus on health and nutrition, the sharing of misinformation is problematic. Even when the information communicated has some supportive evidence and is not wholly inaccurate, the way in which messages are communicated can be harmful. This chapter provides a review of the literature relating to social and psychological harm of nutrition misinformation specifically by applying it to online contexts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Medical Misinformation and Social Harm in Non-Science Based Health Practices
Subtitle of host publication	A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Editors	Anita Lavorgna, Anna Di Ronco
Place of Publication	Abingdon, Oxon
Publisher	Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	8
Pages	100-115
Number of pages	16
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429424434
ISBN (Print)	9781138388666
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2019

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Horsburgh, H., & Barron, D. (2019). Who are the experts? Examining the online promotion of misleading and harmful nutrition information. In A. Lavorgna, & A. Di Ronco (Eds.), Medical Misinformation and Social Harm in Non-Science Based Health Practices: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (1st ed., pp. 100-115). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://www.routledge.com/Medical-Misinformation-and-Social-Harm-in-Non-Science-Based-Health-Practices/Lavorgna-Ronco/p/book/9781138388666

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Horsburgh, H & Barron, D 2019, Who are the experts? Examining the online promotion of misleading and harmful nutrition information. in A Lavorgna & A Di Ronco (eds), Medical Misinformation and Social Harm in Non-Science Based Health Practices: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. 1st edn, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 100-115. <https://www.routledge.com/Medical-Misinformation-and-Social-Harm-in-Non-Science-Based-Health-Practices/Lavorgna-Ronco/p/book/9781138388666>

Who are the experts? Examining the online promotion of misleading and harmful nutrition information. / Horsburgh, Heather; Barron, David.
Medical Misinformation and Social Harm in Non-Science Based Health Practices: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. ed. / Anita Lavorgna; Anna Di Ronco. 1st. ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. p. 100-115.

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Who are the experts? Examining the online promotion of misleading and harmful nutrition information

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