Table 2.
Exposure to contradictory nutrition information by channel (Wave 1)
| Frequencies [n (%)] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Not at all | A little | Some | A lot | |
| Online news | 1.77 | .95 | 407 (51.1) | 159 (20.0) | 153 (19.3) | 40 (5.0) |
| Social media | 1.63 | .93 | 476 (59.8) | 126 (15.8) | 113 (14.2) | 41 (5.2) |
| Medical or health websites | 1.63 | .86 | 441 (55.4) | 171 (21.5) | 118 (14.9) | 23 (2.9) |
| Television | 2.13 | .98 | 256 (32.1) | 214 (26.9) | 220 (27.7) | 66 (8.2) |
| Print newspapers or magazines | 1.81 | .92 | 373 (46.9) | 193 (24.2) | 161 (20.3) | 35 (4.4) |
| Family, friends or co-workers | 1.96 | .94 | 311 (39.1) | 204 (25.6) | 210 (26.4) | 36 (4.5) |
| Your doctor or other health care professional | 1.61 | .88 | 474 (59.6) | 134 (16.9) | 126 (15.8) | 26 (3.3) |
| Other source | 1.38 | .73 | 550 (69.1) | 101 (12.7) | 70 (8.8) | 13 (1.7) |