Analyzing Mediterranean diet on Twitter: a 11-year analysis of tweets from the major US media outlets. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon ◽  
Cesar Fernandez Lazaro ◽  
Maria Llavero-Valero ◽  
Melchor Alvarez-Mon ◽  
Samia Mora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Progressive Increase ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Health Habits ◽  
The Us ◽  
Public Health Information ◽  
Twitter Users

BACKGROUND Background: Media outlets influence social attitudes toward health habits. Analysis of tweets has become a tool for health research and dissemination of public health information. OBJECTIVE Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of tweets about Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and the interest generated among Twitter users. METHODS Methods: We investigated tweets posted between January 2009 and December 2019 by 25 major US media outlets about MedDiet and its components as well as the retweets and likes generated. In addition, we measured the sentiment analysis of these tweets and their dissemination. RESULTS Results: In total, 1,608 tweets, 123,363 likes and 48,946 retweets about MedDiet or its components were analyzed. Dairy (usually negatively weighted in MedDiet scores) accounted for 723 tweets (45.0%), followed by nuts 317 (19.7%). MedDiet, as an overall dietary pattern, generated only 157 (9.8%) of the total tweets, while olive oil generated the least number of tweets (31 tweets or 1.9%). Twitter users’ response was quantitatively related to the number of tweets posted by these US media outlets, except for tweets on olive oil and MedDiet as a whole: none of the MedDiet components analyzed was more likely to be liked or retweeted than the MedDiet itself. Between 2009 and 2019, there was progressive increase in the number of tweets and retweets on MedDiet and its components. CONCLUSIONS Conclusions: The US media outlets analyzed showed reduced interest in MedDiet as a whole, while Twitter users showed greater interest in the overall dietary pattern than in its particular components.

scholarly journals Mediterranean Diet Social Network Impact along 11 Years in the Major US Media Outlets: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis Using Twitter

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 784
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon ◽  
Cesar I. Fernandez-Lazaro ◽  
Maria Llavero-Valero ◽  
Melchor Alvarez-Mon ◽  
Samia Mora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
The Us ◽  
Twitter Users

Background: Media outlets influence social attitudes toward health. Thus, it is important that they share contents which promote healthy habits. The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk. Analysis of tweets has become a tool for understanding perceptions on health issues. Methods: We investigated tweets posted between January 2009 and December 2019 by 25 major US media outlets about MedDiet and its components as well as the retweets and likes generated. In addition, we measured the sentiment analysis of these tweets and their dissemination. Results: In total, 1608 tweets, 123,363 likes and 48,946 retweets about MedDiet or its components were analyzed. Dairy (inversely weighted in MedDiet scores) accounted for 45.0% of the tweets (723/1608), followed by nuts 19.7% (317/1608). MedDiet, as an overall dietary pattern, generated only 9.8% (157/1608) of the total tweets, while olive oil generated the least number of tweets. Twitter users’ response was quantitatively related to the number of tweets posted by these US media outlets, except for tweets on olive oil and MedDiet. None of the MedDiet components analyzed was more likely to be liked or retweeted than the MedDiet itself. Conclusions: The US media outlets analyzed showed reduced interest in MedDiet as a whole, while Twitter users showed greater interest in the overall dietary pattern than in its particular components.

Analysis of Media Outlets on Women´s Health: Interest on Contraceptives and their Side Effects, with Negative Perceptions of Tubal Ligation (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon ◽  
Carolina Donat-Vargas ◽  
Maria Llavero-Valero ◽  
Alfredo Gea ◽  
Melchor Alvarez-Mon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Tubal Ligation ◽  
Contraceptive Methods ◽  
Health Habits ◽  
Menopausal Women ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Post Menopausal ◽  
The U.S

BACKGROUND Media outlets influence social attitudes toward health habits. Analysis of tweets has become a tool for health research. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution of tweets about women´s health and the interest generated among Twitter users. METHODS We investigated tweets posted by 25 major U.S. media outlets about pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women´s health between January 2009 and December 2019 as well as the retweets generated. In addition, we measured the sentiment analysis of these tweets as well as their potential dissemination. RESULTS A total of 376 tweets were analyzed. Pre-menopausal women´s health accounted for most of the tweets (75.3%). Contraception was the main focus of the tweets, while a very limited number were related to infertility (1.4%). With regards to medical content, the effectiveness of contraceptive methods was the most frequent topic (46.2%). However, tweets related to side effects achieved the highest retweet-to-tweet ratio (70.3). The analysis of sentiments showed negative perceptions on tubal ligation. CONCLUSIONS The U.S. media outlets analyzed focused their content on contraception, while Twitter users showed great interest in side effects.

scholarly journals Changes in food supply in Mediterranean countries from 1961 to 2001

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reina Garcia-Closas ◽  
Antoni Berenguer ◽  
Carlos A González
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Traditional Mediterranean Diet ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractObjectiveTo describe geographical differences and time trends in the supply of the most important food components of the traditional Mediterranean diet.DesignFood supply data collected from national food balance sheets for the period 1961–2001.SettingSelected Mediterranean countries: Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey.ResultsDifferences of almost 30-fold and five-fold were found in the supply of olive oil and fruits and vegetables, respectively, among the Mediterranean countries studied during the 1960s. A favourable increasing trend for the supply of fruit and vegetables was observed in most Mediterranean countries. However, an increase in the supply of meats and dairy products and a decrease in the supply of cereals and wine were observed in European Mediterranean countries from 1961 until 2001. Only in African and Asiatic Mediterranean countries were cereals the base of food supply. During the 1990s, Greece's food supply pattern was closest to the traditional Mediterranean diet, while Italy and Spain maintained a high availability of fruits, vegetables and olive oil, but were losing the other typical components. Among African and Asiatic Mediterranean countries, only Turkey presented a traditional Mediterranean dietary pattern except with respect to olive oil, the supply of which was very low. France showed a Western dietary pattern, with a high supply of animal products and a low supply of olive oil.ConclusionsDietary supplies in the Mediterranean area were quite heterogeneous in the 1960s and have experienced a process of Westernization, especially in European Mediterranean countries.

scholarly journals PSORIASIS AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD: LITERATURE REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Bárbara Paixão de Gois ◽  
Thaís Verdolin Formiga ◽  
Marynara Resendes Parreao ◽  
Araída Dias Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Clinical Improvement ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Inflammatory Disease ◽  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Chronic Inflammatory Disease ◽  
The Relationship

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin and joints, autoimmune, which affects about 125 million people worldwide, and is associated with several comorbidities. The dietary pattern can influence, both in the prevention, treatment or cause of the disease, therefore, this integrative review sought to understand the relationship between food and psoriasis, as well as the influence and interaction of nutrients with it. A survey was carried out in the scientific literature regarding the relationship between psoriasis and food, which obtained studies about the reduction or increase of the disease severity. Therefore, it can be observed that some foods have a triggering action, such as pepper and gluten, and others collaborate for a clinical improvement, such as fish and olive oil, foods that are present in a Mediterranean diet. Thus, individualized nutritional care for psoriasis patients is important. Keywords: Food, Diet, Psoriasis.

scholarly journals Sustained Online Amplification of COVID-19 Elites in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512110249
Author(s):  
Ryan J. Gallagher ◽  
Larissa Doroshenko ◽  
Sarah Shugars ◽  
David Lazer ◽  
Brooke Foucault Welles
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Information ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Year ◽  
Public Health Information ◽  
Small Set ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Vaccine Distribution ◽  
Political Alignment

In the absence of clear, consistent guidelines about the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, many people use social media to learn about the virus, public health directives, vaccine distribution, and other health information. As people individually sift through a flood of information online, they collectively curate a small set of accounts, known as crowdsourced elites, that receive disproportionate attention for their COVID-19 content. However, these elites are not all created equal: not all accounts have received the same attention during the pandemic, and various demographic and ideological groups have crowdsourced their own elites. Using a mixed-methods approach with a panel of Twitter users in the United States over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we identify COVID-19 crowdsourced elites. We distinguish sustained amplification from episodic amplification and demonstrate that crowdsourced elites vary across demographics with respect to race, geography, and political alignment. Specifically, we show that different subpopulations preferentially amplify elites that are demographically similar to them, and that they crowdsource different types of elite accounts, such as journalists, elected officials, and medical professionals, in different proportions. In light of this variation, we discuss the potential for using the disproportionate online voice of crowdsourced COVID-19 elites to equitably promote public health information and mitigate misinformation across networked publics.

Twitter jako źródło wiedzy o stanie zdrowia polskiego społeczeństwa – ujęcie infodemiologiczne.

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (49) ◽  
pp. 120-0
Author(s):  
Agata Malesińska
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Public Health Information ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
Insight Into

Article explores a novel concept of mining social media for information on public health (infodemiology) and provides insight into chosen results of original research covering random tweets by Polish Twitter users. Author asks what public health information can be learned from “Polish Twitter” and whether the collected data might be a valuable and reliable starting point for a broader analysis of Polish public health.

scholarly journals Health Benefits of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anka Trajkovska Petkoska ◽  
Anita Trajkovska-Broach
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Virgin Olive Oil ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Extra Virgin Olive Oil ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Minor Components ◽  
Anti Cancer

Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), also called the”Elixir of the youth and health” by the Ancient Greeks, is a cornerstone in the Mediterranean diet, which has been recognized as one of the healthiest and most sustainable dietary pattern and lifestyle. In this chapter, a brief overview of the major and minor components of EVOO is given followed by a review of their health benefits. In particular, the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and cardiovascular protective effects of EVOO are emphasized. At the end of this chapter, the reader would benefit by realizing that EVOO, as a functional food, proves the Hippocrates’s quote “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”.

scholarly journals The Mediterranean Diet and Cancer: What Do Human and Molecular Studies Have to Say about It?

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Hernáez ◽  
Ramón Estruch
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Whole Grains ◽  
White Meat ◽  
Tree Nuts ◽  
Molecular Studies ◽  
Diet And Cancer ◽  
Healthy Dietary Pattern

Mediterranean diet (MD) is a well-known healthy dietary pattern, linked to: (1) high intakes of olive oil as main the culinary fat, plant-based foods (fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, tree nuts, and seeds), and fish; and (2) a moderate consumption of white meat, eggs, dairy products such as yogurt and cheese, and wine always with meals [...]

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