JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION
CLINICAL EDUCATION FACT SHEET
Overeating for Weight Loss: Misleading Health Advice
Hollywood, JB
FIRST PUBLISHED
2025-02-01
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ABSTRACT
Background: Social media influences people and can counteract weight loss regimens by making erroneous claims.
Purpose: The aim was to highlight the impact of social media poor advices and recenter the attention to how eating more of plant foods is a superior diet approach for utility in nutrition practice.
Results: A list of foods was developed on how to over eat for weight loss with evidence, and an additional list was crafted for practitioners to help teach clients to assess such claims on social media.
Conclusion: Teaching clients about social media and paid influencers can help shape understandings of nutrition and its place in health and disease.
COI STATEMENT
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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