Uncovering the Top Nonadvertising Weight Loss Websites on Google: A Data-Mining Approach
Carlos A Almenara, Hayriye Gulec, Tim Mackey, Clare Collins, Ratri Ciptaningtyas, Scott Goldstein, Carlos Lopezosa · 2024
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Description
Carlos Almenara and co-authors map the top weight loss websites on Google in a 2024 study. People seek diet advice online, and what they find shapes health choices. Prior work checked few queries by hand. A data-mining tool scales the search up.
Four hundred thirty-two queries came from autocomplete, common questions, and trend data. The tool pulled results with English and US settings. Sites were sorted by topic and checked for attack risk. The top five non-ad pages were healthline, webmd, verywellfit, mayoclinic, and womenshealthmag. All five showed accuracy statements and author credentials. Category counts and risks fill out the map of diet advice online.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Carlos A Almenara, Hayriye Gulec, Tim Mackey, Clare Collins, Ratri Ciptaningtyas, Scott Goldstein, Carlos Lopezosa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |