Food and nutrition myths among future secondary school teachers: A problem of trust in inadequate sources of information
| Autor: | Roberto Sánchez-Cabrero, Vanessa P. Moreno-Rodríguez, Alfonso Abad-Mancheño, Almudena Juanes-García, Fernando Martínez-López |
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| Přispěvatelé: | UAM. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sociology of scientific knowledge
Battle InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g. HCI) media_common.quotation_subject Social Sciences GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS Power (social and political) media_common Nutrition Secondary teachers business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING Pseudoscience General Social Sciences Mythology Gateway (computer program) Public relations Nutrition myths Test (assessment) Food The Internet InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS business Psychology Healthy habits Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos |
| Zdroj: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Social Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 325, p 325 (2021) Social Sciences Volume 10 Issue 9 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/socsci10090325 |
| Popis: | The Internet and social networks are full of nutrition information, offering people guidance to make healthy eating choices. These sources always present themselves as a gateway to reliable information on healthy eating however, too often this is not the case. Far from being trustworthy, there are usually plenty of food myths. A food myth is a widespread false belief about food, nutrition, and eating facts that gives rise to certain behaviors, from fashionable trends to diets. Academic training is a valuable tool to combat food myths and the pseudoscience linked to them, but educators must participate in this battle. To test this idea, we analyzed the prevalence of nine highly popular food myths held by 201 secondary school Spanish teachers. The aim was to assess whether expertise in science areas prevents teachers from falling into these food misconceptions. Our study results showed that food myths are held regardless of specialty area. The power of the media in popularizing and spreading nutrition myths among educators may be the cause, even more potent than academic training. We conclude that since scientific knowledge is not enough to erase food myths, we need further actions if we aim to prevent the problems that food myths may cause. |
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