Characterizing Precision Nutrition Discourse on Twitter: Quantitative Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is possible that tailoring dietary approaches to an individual's genomic profile could provide optimal dietary inputs for biological functioning and support adherence to dietary management protocols. The science required for such nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic profiling is not yet considered ready for broad application by the scientific and medical communities; however, many personalized nutrition products are available in the marketplace, creating the potential for hype and misleading information on social media. Twitter provides a unique big data source that provides real-time information. Therefore, it has the potential to disseminate evidence-based health information, as well as misinformation.

Objective

We sought to characterize the landscape of precision n

SUBMITTER: Batheja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603558 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature