Nutrition misinformation ‘on an industrial scale’ enabled through megaphone of social media

Nutrition misinformation ‘on an industrial scale’ enabled through megaphone of social media

Dublin dietary seminar hears about the psychology of misinformation, exploring why false information sticks and is hard to counter with facts

Editorial: Social media should not dictate diets

The healthy food plate we learned about in school has been replaced by social media influencers who claim to have all the secrets to achieving a perfect diet. The result is an onset of eating disorders and a spreading normalization of unhealthy eating habits that sacrifice nutrition for convenience as a result of misinformed influencers who lack the credibility to advise followers how to eat.  According to Natalie Ricondo, R.D., a clinical dieti…