Users, uses, and effects of social media in dietetic practice: Scoping review of the quantitative and qualitative evidence

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Dumas, Audrée Anne ^a   Lapointe, Annie ^a   Desroches, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Review; Social media

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; DIETETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

DIETETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85051095984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9230     Document Type: Review

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