Characterizing the Prevalence of Obesity Misinformation, Factual Content, Stigma, and Positivity on the Social Media Platform Reddit Between 2011 and 2019: Infodemiology Study

• Main Authors: Catherine C Pollack (Author), Jennifer A Emond (Author), A James O'Malley (Author), Anna Byrd (Author), Peter Green (Author), Katherine E Miller (Author), Soroush Vosoughi (Author), Diane Gilbert-Diamond (Author), Tracy Onega (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundReddit is a popular social media platform that has faced scrutiny for inflammatory language against those with obesity, yet there has been no comprehensive analysis of its obesity-related content. ObjectiveWe aimed to quantify the presence of 4 types of obesity-related content on Reddit (m...