Narrative review of social media as a research tool for diet and weight loss

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Highlights:

• Diet for weight loss studies primarily use Twitter and Facebook.

• Majority of social media-based diet studies were non-experimental.

• More rigorous randomized controlled trials should be conducted to build on pilot data.

摘要

•Diet for weight loss studies primarily use Twitter and Facebook.•Majority of social media-based diet studies were non-experimental.•More rigorous randomized controlled trials should be conducted to build on pilot data.

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论文评审过程:Received 29 October 2019, Revised 6 May 2020, Accepted 10 May 2020, Available online 11 May 2020, Version of Record 18 May 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106426