Food Communication

The UOC's library guide to social media, where you can find out about platforms for connecting with other users and a bibliography to reflect on the benefits and risks associated with social media use.

Blog entry by the UOC's Faculty of Health Sciences explaining how to communicate about nutrition in a scientifically rigorous way.

Documentary filmmaker Lydia Gil's project on social media and science. It also publicizes scientific outreach projects.

Joint editorial project by the Government of Catalonia and Pompeu Fabra University, consisting of a series of informative publications by experts on issues of social debate related to food and communication.

Video of the technical conference of the Annual Technology Transfer Plan that took place within the framework of the RuralCat project on the role of social media in food communication.

Bachelor's degree final project that analyses the influence of social media healthy eating accounts on the eating habits of younger followers.

_{Míguez Fernández, Laura. Influencia de las redes sociales en la alimentación saludable. [TFG a internet]. Comillas: Universidad Pontificia Comillas; 2019 [accessed May 24, 2023]. Available from: https://repositorio.comillas.edu/xmlui/handle/11531/27875}

A book that explores the impact and use of social media in the food world. It also looks at recent controversies and the challenges posed by the emergence of digital food communities.

_{Rousseau S. Food and social media you are what you tweet. Lanham, Md: AltaMira P.; 2012. [accessed May 24, 2023]. Available from: https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/34CSUC_UOC/1asfcbc /alma991000767041806712}

A study that identifies social media posting strategies that lead to a higher rate of engagement in the area of food communication and nutrition.

_{Barklamb, Amy; Molenaar, Annika; Brennan, Linda; Evans, Stephanie; Choong, Jamie; Herron, Emma; Reid, Mike; McCaffrey, Tracy. Learning the language of social media: a comparison of engagement metrics and social media strategies used by food and nutrition-related social media accounts. Nutrients [internet]. 2020 [accessed May 24, 2023];12(9):28-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092839}

A book that explains the relationship between food, nutrition and the media in the current era and the discursive strategies surrounding this subject in public debates.

_{Marinescu V. Food, Nutrition and the Media. 1st ed. 2020. Marinescu V, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2020 [accessed May 24, 2023]. Available from: https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu /permalink/34CSUC_UOC/1asfcbc/alma991000727375506712}

A doctoral thesis investigating the use of food and health information sources, including on social media.

_{Aranceta Bartrina, Javier. Periodismo y alimentación. Influencia de los medios de comunicación en la elección de alimentos y en los hábitos de consumo alimentario. [tesi a internet]. País Vasco: Universidad del País Vasco; 2016 [accessed May 24, 2023]. Available from: https://addi.ehu.es/handle/10810/18487}

An analysis of the 10 most engaged posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by 10 Spanish dietitians and nutritionists.

_{Marín Murillo, Flora; Armentia Vizuete, José Ignacio; Rodríguez González, María del Mar; Marauri Castillo, Iñigo. Los nutricionistas españoles en las redes sociales: análisis de los mensajes con mayor engagement en Twitter, Facebook e Instagram. FJC. 2021 [accessed May 24, 2023]. Available from: https://revistas.usal.es/cuatro/index.php/2172-9077/article/view/fjc-v22-23044} 

Library guide on the phenomenon of fake news to help you learn more about its global impact and the solutions to deal with it.

Nutrimedia is a website with scientific information on food and nutrition, aimed at the general public. There is also rigorous analysis of the messaging on the subject in the media and on social media.

A fact-finding initiative that aims to combat fake news and rumours about health on social media and the internet.

Review of the quality of food and nutrition-related posts on Instagram and Facebook. It proposes a scoring system to assess and evaluate the quality of the people posting entries in this area.

_{Mendoza Fernández, Mónica. Divulgadores e influencers en nutrición. Revisión de redes sociales, Instagram y Facebook, como herramientas para la educación nutricional. [TFG a internet]. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid; 2020 [accessed May 24, 2023]. Available from: https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42191}

Article that analyzes content published by the main Spanish health foodies and their use of the social network Instagram, from a gastronomic and commercial point of view.

_{Aznar-Íñiguez, Cristina; Segarra-Saavedra, Jesús. “Health foodies” com a prescriptors saludables, gastronòmics i publicitaris. BiD [internet]. 2022 [accessed May 24, 2023];(48):1-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1344/bid2022.48.07}

Information capsule that includes an interview with Raquel Herrera about communication and food influencers.

An article that explores how the phenomenon of child influencers in the field of unhealthy food marketing is contributing to a change in eating habits and behaviours among children.

_{Coates, Anna; Boyland, Emma. Kid influencers - a new arena of social media food marketing. Nature reviews Endocrinology [internet]. 2021 març [accessed May 24, 2023];17(3):133-4. Available from: https://discovery.biblioteca.uoc.edu/permalink/34CSUC_UOC/166h2gj /cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2467613816}

A study of the realfooding movement, led by the influencer and nutritionist Carlos Ríos, analysing how much influence he has on his followers.

_{Gonzalez Oñate, Cristina; Martínez Sanchez, Adela. Estrategia y comunicación en redes sociales: un estudio sobre la influencia del movimiento RealFooding. Ámbitos [internet]. 2020 [accessed May 24, 2023];(48):79-101. Available from: https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/Ambitos/article/view/11011}

Website of the non-profit organization EUFIC with information related to food risks.

Document by the Basque Foundation for Agri-Food Safety in which key factors in food safety communication are explained and advice is given on how to plan effective actions in normal and crisis situations.

A study conducted by EFSA on the communication of risk assessment results and how to manage these risks under normal conditions.

_{IHS Markit; European Food Safety Authority; Christodoulou, Maria; Bradley, Dylan; Russ, Annemarie; Nganga, John; et al. Mapping the coordination and cooperation mechanisms of risk communication on feed/food safety in the EU. EFSA [internet]. 2021 [accessed May 24, 2023];19(4):1-151. Available from: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/e190401} 

Guidelines that provide a reference framework for decision-making with respect to communication practices in a wide variety of contexts related to the assessment and communication of food risks in the European Union.

Manual of recommendations and guidance by EFSA as a source of public information and communication on food-related risks in the European Union.

A handbook of good communication practices during a food scare or crisis, developed by EFSA's network of communication experts.

Website of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition with information, guidelines and downloadable material on food product labelling.

Blog by professor and expert in nutrition Marion Nestle, with articles, news and other publications related to the world of food policies and nutrition.

FACUA website on consumer rights regarding food labelling.

Article that responds to criticism directed at the Nutri-Score classification system with regard to the categorization of ultra-processed foods.

_{Galán, Pilar; Emmanuelle, Kesse; Touvier, Mathilde; Deschasaux, Mélanie; Srour, Bérnard; Chazelas, Edouard et al . Nutri-Score y ultra-procesamiento: dos dimensiones diferentes, complementarias y no contradictorias. Nutrición Hospitalaria [internet]. 2021 [accessed May 24, 2023];38(1):201-206. Available from: http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112021000100201&lng=es}

Report by the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition on the impact of consuming ultra-processed food on consumer health.

Report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on diet quality and consumption of ultra-processed foods based on the NOVA classification system.

Document by the Basque Foundation for Agri-Food Safety explaining the legislative aspects, current regulations and good practices in the context of food advertising.

Website of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition with regulations, notes and information on food labelling.

European Union search engine for information on food labelling. Allows you to search by language and food type.

Website of the Government of Catalonia with the latest news in the field and information on the labelling of food according to its type.

Website of the Government of Catalonia with current legislation regarding information about food provided to the consumer. Includes European and Spanish provisions.

Existing legislation on labelling and information provided to consumers on food safety in retail and restaurants.