Healthfulness Assessment of Recipes Shared on Pinterest: Natural Language Processing and Content Analysis.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although Pinterest has become a popular platform for distributing influential information that shapes users' behaviors, the role of recipes pinned on Pinterest in these behaviors is not well understood.

Authors

  • Xiaolu Cheng
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
  • Shuo-Yu Lin
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
  • Kevin Wang
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
  • Y Alicia Hong
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
  • Xiaoquan Zhao
    Department of Communication, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
  • Dustin Gress
    Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
  • Janusz Wojtusiak
    Deprtment of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States.
  • Lawrence J Cheskin
    Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
  • Hong Xue
    International Initiative on Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology (ISLE), the Netherlands; Department of Health Behavior and Policy, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.