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. 2020 Jun 3;8(2):e16216. doi: 10.2196/16216

Table 2.

Digital and nondigital sources of nutritional information (multiple responses allowed).

Source and characteristic All, n (%) Female, n (%) Male, n (%) P value
Currently useda (n=467)




Digital





Television 98 (21.0) 73 (21.3) 25 (20.0) .75


Internet 372 (79.7) 271 (79.2) 101 (80.8) .71


Social networks 160 (34.4) 132 (38.6) 28 (22.4) .001


Apps 66 (14.1) 61 (17.8) 5 (4.0) <.001


Digital games 2 (0.4) 2 (0.6) 0 (0) .39

Nondigital





University and workplace 164 (35.1) 135 (39.5) 29 (23.2) .001


Partner and family 218 (46.7) 153 (44.7) 65 (52.0) .16


Friends 201 (43.0) 153 (44.7) 48 (38.4) .22


Books and newspapers 298 (63.8) 237 (69.3) 61 (48.8) <.001

Other





Unknown 109 (23.3) 81 (23.7) 28 (22.4) .77


No answer applies 7 (1.5) 3 (0.9) 4 (3.2) .07
Additionally desiredb (n=461)




Digital





Television 67 (14.5) 54 (16.1) 13 (10.4) .13


Internet 65 (14.1) 44 (13.1) 21 (16.8) .31


Social networks 71 (15.4) 59 (17.6) 12 (9.6) .04


Apps 100 (21.7) 78 (23.2) 22 (17.6) .19


Digital games 46 (10.0) 42 (12.5) 4 (3.2) .003

Nondigital





University and workplace 146 (31.7) 108 (32.1) 38 (30.4) .72


Partner and family 30 (6.5) 24 (7.1) 6 (4.8) .37


Friends 29 (6.3) 23 (6.8) 6 (4.8) .42


Books and newspapers 52 (11.3) 42 (12.5) 10 (8.0) .18

Other





Unknown 40 (8.7) 35 (10.4) 5 (4.0) .03


No answer applies 173 (37.5) 111 (33.0) 62 (49.6) .001

aHow are you currently informed about nutrition?

bHow would you like to be additionally informed about nutrition?