• Home
  • About
    • Editorial Board
  • Journals
    • Current Edition
    • Previous Editions
    • Call For Papers
  • Submissions
    • Authors Guide
    • Author Registration
  • Services
    • Online Learning
    • Online Store
  • Events
  • News Update
    • Publications
  • Contact
    c/o Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
    +2348037413684
    [email protected]
    Journal of Dietitians Association of Nigeria (JDAN)Journal of Dietitians Association of Nigeria (JDAN)
    • Home
    • About
      • Editorial Board
    • Journals
      • Current Edition
      • Previous Editions
      • Call For Papers
    • Submissions
      • Authors Guide
      • Author Registration
    • Services
      • Online Learning
      • Online Store
    • Events
    • News Update
      • Publications
    • Contact

      Archive

      • Home
      • Blog
      • Archive
      • Engagement Of Nutritionists/Dietitians In Social Media: A Potential To Meet Consumer’S Quest For Healthy Nutrition Information And Services

      Engagement Of Nutritionists/Dietitians In Social Media: A Potential To Meet Consumer’S Quest For Healthy Nutrition Information And Services

      • Posted by Journal of Dietitians Association Nigeria
      • Categories Archive, Journals, Previous Editions, Volume 10, 2019
      • Date December 16, 2019

      Gideon Onyedikachi Iheme
      Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, PMB
      7267 Umuahia, Abia state. Nigeria
      Email: [email protected]
      ABSTRACT
      Background: The increasing consumer’s quest for nutrition related information and services on social media
      platforms creates a tussle between the trained nutritionists/dietitians and their unqualified counterparts –“the quacks”
      in delivering these information to the targeted audience.
      Objectives: This study was designed to identify the effective strategies that nutrition and dietetic professionals can
      employ to curb the growing menace of “quackery” in various social media platforms.
      Methodology: This study employed a narrative review design to extract relevant content from identified articles,
      synthesize and present a deep analysis on the top novel strategies to ensure effective social media engagement of
      dietitians/nutritionists.
      Results: This study identified that the adoption of the following strategies will enhance the dissemination and delivery
      of credible and evident based nutrition information and services to the consumers or clients on social media. These
      strategies include: enlightenment of consumers/clients and proper guidance for evidence-based choices, official
      endorsement and regulation of the activities of social media registered dietitians/nutritionists, targeting intervention
      to address the needs of active social media users, participation in social media marketing training and engagement of
      social media personalities/influencers.
      Conclusion: It is therefore essential that all social media nutritionists/registered dietitians and her governing body
      adopt these effective strategies to improve, reach, increase profitability of online nutrition services rendered and
      consequently obliterate the dangers information disseminated by quacks may have on the consumers.
      Keywords: Nutritionists/dietitians, social media, consumers, nutrition information and services

      Download Journal Here [448.51 KB]

      • Share:
      Journal of Dietitians Association Nigeria
      Journal of Dietitians Association Nigeria
      Dietitians Association of Nigeria (DAN) is an association of all dietitians in Nigeria. According to the International Confederation of Dietetic Association's (ICDA) definition, “a Dietitian is a person with a qualification in nutrition and dietetics recognized by national authority(s).

      Previous post

      Assessment Of Body Composition, Smoking And Alcohol As Risk Factors To Hypertension Among Adults In Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
      December 16, 2019

      Next post

      Assessment Of Programme Quality Of Community Management Of Acute Malnutrition (Cmam) In Maiha Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria
      December 16, 2019

      You may also like

      2019 Cover
      Cover and Table of Content JDAN 2019
      16 December, 2019
      mango variety in enugu jdan journal dieticians association nigeria 1
      Glycaemic Response Of Four Mango Fruits Consumed In Enugu State
      16 December, 2019
      bank workers feeding practices jdan journal of dieticians nigeria
      Feeding Practices Of Bank Workers In Lagos State, Nigeria
      16 December, 2019

      Search for Journal Articles

      We Are Social

      Journal Categories

      2020 Journals 2019 Journals 2018 Journals 2017 Journals 2016 Journals 2015 Journals 2014 Journals

      Recent Posts

      • EVALUATION OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FLOURS AND BLENDS MADE FROM AFRICAN YAM BEAN (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) AND CORN (Zea mays) SEEDS
      • NUTRIENTS, PHYTOCHEMICALS AND TERPENE COMPOSITION OF SPICE MADE FROM Xylopia aethiopica
      • HEAVY METAL IN BANANA (Musa acuminata) VARIETIES SOLD BY FRUIT VENDORS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
      • RISK FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AMONG STAFF OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ILARO, OGUN STATE
      • NUTRIENTS AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF FINGER MILLET (Eleusine caracana) BISCUITS ENRICHED WITH SOYA BEAN (Glysine max) AND CARROT (Daususcarota)

      Journal Portal by SOUTECH. Developed by SOUTECH

      • Privacy
      • Terms
      • Sitemap