Hot Nutrition Issues in Social Network:

Social media, technology, and nutrition communication

Thanit Vinitchagoon, BS., CDT.

CMP (Nutrition and Dietetics)

Cofounder & Administrator

She Academy (http://www.sheacademy.in.th)

Whatdidsheeat? (http://www.whatdidsheeat.in.th)

Introduction

Internet usage by generations

From the average of 6 hours/week in 2001

Reference: (Electronic Transaction Development Agency. 2015)

WHAT do they use to connect … ?

Smartphone

Reference: (Electronic Transaction Development Agency. 2015)

PC Laptop

Tablet

45.2%

Smart TV

82.1% 54.7%

21.1% 8.6%

WHAT social media do they use?

Reference: (Electronic Transaction Development Agency. 2015)

Discussion topics

• The power of social media in nutrition communication

• Creating online data- base for dietitians: the nutritional approach

• Dietitian,

informatics

smartphone, and the internet of things

• Take home message

Discussion topics

• The power of social media in nutrition communication

• Creating online data- base for dietitians: the nutritional approach

• Dietitian,

informatics

smartphone, internet of and the

things • Take home message

(Moorhead SA et al. J Med Internet Res. 2013.)

Uses of social media for health communication

• Provide health intervention, health promotion and health education on a range of conditions

• Provide answers to medical questions

• Facilitate dialogue between patients to patients, and patients to health professionals

• Collect data on patient experience and opinion

• Reduce stigma

Sample facebook pages owned by health/medical professionals

Benefits of using social media for health communication

• Increase interactions with others

• More available, shared, and tailored information

• Increase accessibility & widening access

• Peer/social emotional support

• Public health surveillance

• Potential to influence health policy

Case study- ‘Mae Noon’

https://www.facebook.com/noonsupermom/

Case study- Thaibreastfeeding Foundation

https://www.facebook.com/thaibreastfeeding/

(Moorhead SA et al. J Med Internet Res. 2013.)

Limitations of using social media for health communication

• Lack of reliability, confidentiality, and privacy of personal information

• Quality of the information to be concern

• Risk associated with communicating harmful or incorrect advice using social media, which may result in adverse health consequences/ negative health behaviors

• Information overload, and inappropriately applying the information found online to the personal health situation

• Social media may act as a deterrent for patients from visiting health professionals

Case study- ‘Pim Zaza’

https://www.facebook.com/zazagang

Case study- SOS Doctor

https://www.facebook.com/SOSspecialist/

Social media helps fuel some eating disorders

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Donna, 27, refuses to have

a FacebooK or lnstagram account. It's one way to

protect herself. As someone who suffered from

bulimia from age 12 to 25 and endured its agonizing

effects - dental erosion, swollen glands, loss of her

period and a half-dozen or so hOspitalizations -

her will to live is far greater than the allure of social

media.

In high school, she tooK part in online discussion forums where people compared

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over common interests. has become a bastion for some struggling with eating

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Case study- ‘Boba tea’

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Lessons learned

• Health communication using social media can be very powerful and engaging, It can provide benefits or risks depending on the situation.

• Social media is a valuable platform for dietitians to provide nutrition education and communication feasibly and cost-effectively.

• Several points still need to be concerned though especially the information miscommunication, confidentiality, and adverse consequences like eating disorders.

Discussion topics

• The power of social media in nutrition communication

• Creating online data- base for dietitians: the nutritional approach

• Dietitian,

informatics

smartphone, internet of and the

things • Take home message

Nutrition Informatics

Can be applied in

• Clinical nutrition and dietetics

• Food manufacturing and services

• Public health and community nutrition

• Nutrition education and research

Examples:

• Electronic health records (HER)

• Outcomes research

• Knowledge acquisition • Evidence-analysis

library (EAL)

• Cochrane collaborative systematic review

(Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2012.)

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (http://www.eatrightpro.org)

Using of nutrition informatics in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website

• Evidence-analysis library (EAL)

• Position and Practice Papers

• Online Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (JAND)

• Salary calculator for RDNs/DTRs

• Find and expert RDNs

• Integration of social media (facebook and twitter)

• Online Continuing education and store

• Systematic collection of the news related to RDNs

• Access to advocacy and political actions

Food and nutrition-related international facebook pages

She Academy (http://www.sheacademy.in.th)

She Academy on facebook (http:/ /www.facebook.com/sheacademyth)

LINE@ She Academy (http://line.me/ti/p/@ydy2647b)

Future projects for She Academy

• Online case-study modules for improving clinical competencies of current CDTs

• Online nutrition research education modules for improving research competencies of current CDTs

• Online and paperback Pocketbook for Nutrition Assessment- Practical guide for practitioners

• etc. to be thinking of in the future :)

Discussion topics

• The power of social media in nutrition communication

• Creating online data- base for dietitians: the nutritional approach

• Dietitian,

informatics

smartphone, and the internet of things

• Take home message

What is the ‘Internet of Things’?

“a proposed development of the Internet in which everyday objects have network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive data.”

http://www.onethatmatters.com/internet-of-things-what-is-it-all-about/

Forbes

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Tech

APR 22. 2015@ 05:25PM

$117 Billion Market For Internet of Things In

Healthcare By 2 0 2 0

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about it, you will hear different tenus: Internet of TI1ings (abbreviated loT by many

companies), Internet of Everything (Cisco), or the Industrial Internet (GE). But the

combined loT market adds up to be much larger than $117 billion.

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Lessons Learned

• „Internet of things‟ (IOT) is growing consistently with the technology advancement, and becoming more and more essential in everyday life.

Integration of multidisciplinary team is needed.

• Online networking and Applications seems to be the key systems that makes the IOT effective.

• This field is still a „blue ocean‟ and dietitians can play a HUGE role!

• IOT can be integrated to wide variety of

aspects including health, and possibly

nutrition

.

Discussion topics

• The power of social media in nutrition communication

• Creating online database for dietitians: nutritional approach

• Dietitian,

informatics

smartphone, internet of and the

things • Take home message

Take-home message

Social media is a powerful tool for dietitians

to use for nutrition communication and nutrition

informatics. Dietitian with equipped skills can

acquire unlimited knowledges and opportunities

online, and make a difference! It is though a

double-edge sword that can cause serious harm

and consequences so strategies and plans need to

be organized carefully.

Thank you!

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