ArticleJournal of health communication2014
Adverse outcomes associated with media exposure to contradictory nutrition messages.
Article in Journal of health communication, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 284 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Interventions Targeting Healthy and Sustainable Eating Behavior: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Quality and accuracy of online nutrition-related information: a systematic review of content analysis studies.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
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- The effect of conflicting versus consistent messaging on older women's support for breast cancer screening cessation.Patient education and counseling · 2025Trial
- Vulnerability to the Effects of Conflicting Health Information: Testing the Moderating Roles of Trust in News Media and Research Literacy.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2023Trial
- The Effect of Conflicting Public Health Guidance on Smokers' and Vapers' E-cigarette Harm Perceptions.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- Effects of Prior Exposure to Conflicting Health Information on Responses to Subsequent Unrelated Health Messages: Results from a Population-Based Longitudinal Experiment.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022Trial
- Healthy or not? The impact of conflicting health-related information on attentional resources.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Trial
- The relationship between depression risk perception and self-help behaviours in high risk Canadians: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Confusion and nutritional backlash from news media exposure to contradictory information about carbohydrates and dietary fats.Public health nutrition · 2019Trial
- To vape or not to vape? Effects of exposure to conflicting news headlines on beliefs about harms and benefits of electronic cigarette use: Results from a randomized controlled experiment.Preventive medicine · 2017Trial
- Can Knowledge Counteract Conflict? A Partial Replication Study of PFAS Science Communication.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2026Article
- Public knowledge of ultra-processed foods: Insights from a national survey of Australian adults.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
- Applying Social Cognitive Theory to Understand Perspectives on Child Feeding Practices of Thai Female Caregivers With Young Children With Stunting.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Helpful or harmful? How cancer beliefs and information seeking relate to depression in U.S. adults.PloS one · 2026Article
- A Journey Into School Lunchbox Decision-Making: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Australian Parents.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
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- Health Decisions Under Uncertainty: The Roles of Conspiracy Beliefs and Institutional Trust.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- How risk communication affects public trust in government: the moderating role of policy expectations.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
There is increasing concern that the media present conflicting health information on topics including cancer screening and nutrition. Although scholars have speculated that exposure to this information leads to increased public confusion, less trust in health recommendations, and less engagement in health behaviors, there is a lack of empirical research that directly addresses the role of media exposure to conflicting information. Using data from the Annenberg National Health Communication Survey, this study finds that exposure to conflicting information on the health benefits and risks of, for example, wine, fish, and coffee consumption is associated with confusion about what foods are best to eat and the belief that nutrition scientists keep changing their minds. There is evidence that these beliefs, in turn, may lead people to doubt nutrition and health recommendations more generally-including those that are not rife with contradictory information (e.g., fruit/vegetable consumption, exercise). The implications of these findings for healthy eating campaigns and interventions are discussed.
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