Quality assessment of weight-loss information online
AbstractIn this study, the theme will be thin, from the information
presented structural, functional, and the accuracy of dimensions, assessing the quality of related sites, and to further explore the legality of online weight-loss ads. Sampling time for Yahoo and sweet potato vine using two search engines to "downsizing",
"weight" as the keyword for search and content analysis for quality assessment.
Out this study of 120 websites. Structural quality, the mention of authorship, the ratio of the source and aging in more than 80%;
functional quality, some sites offer e-mail accounted for 72.5%, with questions or comments online mechanism is only 30.0% of the
proportion; content quality , the site did not specify the minimum daily calorie intake, exercise intensity and type of calories
consumed, and the ratio of weight loss goals and other information are more than 80%; As part of the legislation referred to, the
violation of norms in the 50 proportional 97%.
The control of the basic characteristics and site variables, including web properties, country, content attributes, objectives, site ranking, and number of pages included in the analysis, etc. and find: (1) non- advertising content of Web site quality than ad good; (2) Taiwan website content quality better than non-Taiwan websites; (3) the number of pages included in the analysis more quality content the higher the score; (4) the structural quality of the better sites, its quality of content will be better.
This study suggests the development of a healthy weight loss should be the gold standard, and as soon as possible to clarify the contents of the relevant laws and regulations. Most importantly, the relevant units should be committed to guiding the public to a more appropriate way to obtain information and to further explore the feasibility of indirect evaluation indicators, so that the general public can more quickly obtain better quality information.
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