Food and Nutrition Myths among Future Secondary School Teachers: A Problem of Trust in Inadequate Sources of Information

Moreno Rodríguez, Vanessa P.; Sánchez Cabrero, Roberto; Abad Mancheño, Alfonso; Juanes García, Almudena; Martínez López, Fernando

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Moreno Rodríguez, Vanessa P. & Sánchez Cabrero, Roberto & Abad Mancheño, Alfonso & Juanes García, Almudena & Martínez López, Fernando (2021-08 ) .Food and Nutrition Myths among Future Secondary School Teachers: A Problem of Trust in Inadequate Sources of Information.

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Moreno Rodríguez, Vanessa P. & Sánchez Cabrero, Roberto & Abad Mancheño, Alfonso & Juanes García, Almudena & Martínez López, Fernando. 2021-08 .Food and Nutrition Myths among Future Secondary School Teachers: A Problem of Trust in Inadequate Sources of Information.

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12080/39654

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dc.contributor.author	Moreno Rodríguez, Vanessa P.
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez Cabrero, Roberto
dc.contributor.author	Abad Mancheño, Alfonso
dc.contributor.author	Juanes García, Almudena
dc.contributor.author	Martínez López, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-09T12:15:23Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-09T12:15:23Z
dc.date.created	2021-08
dc.date.issued	2021-08
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12080/39654
dc.description.tableofcontents	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.	es_ES
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dc.language	eng	es_ES
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dc.title	Food and Nutrition Myths among Future Secondary School Teachers: A Problem of Trust in Inadequate Sources of Information	es_ES
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