Table 3.

Self-reported eating behavior change frequency per information source.

		Frequency of Eating Behavior Changes per Source
Ranking of Sources from Most to Least Relied-Upon for Making Dietary Changes		Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	All the Time	WAVG *	Total Responses n
		%
1	A nutrition professional	12.4	10.5	39.2	27.0	10.9	2.13	2436
2	Nutrition scientists and PhDs	13.2	11.7	39.4	25.7	10.1	2.08	2428
3	Nutrition or health websites	7.7	17.4	49.5	20.3	5.2	1.98	2424
4	Diet or health books	10.8	17.5	46.4	20.7	4.7	1.91	2416
5	Scientific journals or academic manuals	17.0	17.7	39.0	19.7	6.5	1.81	2408
6	Science news publications	18.6	20.0	40.9	15.8	4.8	1.68	2409
7	Google or Internet searches	19.0	27.1	39.3	11.4	3.1	1.53	2417
8	A nurse or health coach	33.0	21.2	32.1	11.0	2.7	1.29	2426
9	My own medical doctor or GP	34.4	22.4	27.8	11.2	4.2	1.29	2431
10	Family members	37.8	28.7	26.5	5.3	1.7	1.05	2433
11	Gym instructors or personal trainers	43.0	23.4	24.1	7.2	2.3	1.02	2427
12	Friends, colleagues, or peers	38.0	31.6	25.6	3.5	1.2	0.98	2429
13	Film or TV documentaries	41.1	27.4	24.7	5.8	1.0	0.98	2416
14	School, college, or university teachers or lecturers	46.2	23.7	21.8	6.7	1.6	0.94	2427
15	Blogs or podcasts	44.6	25.5	23.0	5.8	1.1	0.93	2404
16	Magazines or newspapers	43.3	30.1	21.9	3.7	1.0	0.89	2412
17	Online groups or forums	46.8	27.1	21.3	3.8	1.0	0.85	2413
18	Celebrity doctors or experts	52.6	22.4	18.8	4.7	1.6	0.80	2425
19	Influencers I follow on social media	53.1	21.9	19.0	4.7	1.3	0.79	2431
20	Social media	51.5	25.7	17.8	3.8	1.2	0.77	2414
21	Famous personalities, actors, or presenters	70.4	18.5	8.6	1.7	0.8	0.44	2429
22	Fiction books or movies	81.0	11.6	5.4	1.3	0.7	0.29	2412

* The ranking of sources used from highest to lowest eating behavior change frequencies is based on weighted averages per source calculated on a scale comprising ‘never’ (0), ‘rarely’ (1), ‘sometimes’ (2), ‘often’ (3), and ‘all the time’ (4).