Nutrition education: challenges from a growing digital and social media ecosystem

• Autor(es): Costa-Rodrigues, João
• Data: 2019
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/22667
• Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Assunto(s): Digital media; Social media; Nutrition
• Tipo de Documento: Objeto de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): REPOSITÓRIO P.PORTO

Descrição

The present digital revolution that we are living is making dramatic changes not only in entertainment but especially in education. A few decades ago, entertainment/education was consumed passively, and was created by companies or experts that decided what people should see and learn. Nowadays, everyone can be both a consumer and a creator, and the created contents can virtually reach any people in any place. Another important issue regarding all of this changes is the availability and accessibility of digital media interfaces and devices, especially in children and teenagers. One of the contents that is more likely to be searched in digital media are nutrition-related issues. Brands and marketers have realized it and there is a strong investment in this field. Unfortunately, due to that there is a growing number of digital platforms that offer information about food and nutrition without any scientific background. Even worse, in a significant percentage of cases, the information is created and transmitted without the intervention of nutritionists.