Table 2.
Accuracy and completeness by type of website used; first page (top 10) results only (n=181a).
| Type of domain/website of the selected webpages | Complete and accurate, n (%) |
Incomplete but accurate, n (%) |
Inaccurate, n (%) |
No recommend- ation, n (%) |
No recommend- ation, but weight gain calculator, n (%) |
| Government (n=19) | 9 (47) | 4 (21) | 2 (11) | 3 (16) | 1 (5) |
| News (n=12) | 4 (33) | 4 (33) | 0 (0) | 4 (33) | 0 (0) |
| Personal blog (n=10) | 0 (0) | 2 (20) | 2 (20) | 6 (60) | 0 (0) |
| University or academic medical center (n=6) | 2 (33) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) |
| Medical organization or association (n=13) | 7 (54) | 2 (15) | 1 (8) | 2 (15) | 1 (8) |
| Nonprofit/foundation (n=8) | 2 (25) | 4 (50) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Company (for-profit business) (n=112) | 17 (15.2) | 30 (26.8) | 15 (13.4) | 44 (39.3) | 6 (5.4) |
| Medical journal (n=1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Overall (n=181) | 41 (22.7) | 48 (26.5) | 22 (12.2) | 62 (34.3) | 8 (4.4) |
aOne site excluded for providing recommendations for twins.