Healthy habits or damaging diets: An exploratory study of a food blogging community

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 316-335

  Lynch, Meghan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blogs; Dietary restraint; Nutritional health behaviors; Online communities; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

DIET; NUTRITION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOGGING; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954392229     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2010.491054     Document Type: Article

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