Reiko Hirasawa|Kazumi Saito|Yoko Yachi|Yoko Ibe|Satoru Kodama|Mihoko Asumi|Chika Horikawa|Aki Saito|Yoriko Heianza|Kazuo Kondo|Hitoshi Shimano|Hirohito Sone
Quality of Internet information related to the Mediterranean diet
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present study aimed evaluate quality internet information mediterranean diet determine relationship quality information website sourcewebsite sources categorized institutional pharmaceutical nonpharmaceutical commercial charitable support alternative medicine content quality evaluated using discern rating instrument health net foundations hon code principles journal american medical association jama benchmarks readability graded flesch reading ease score fleschkincaid grade level scorethe phrase mediterranean diet entered search term six commonly used englishlanguage search enginesthe first thirty websites forthcoming engine examinedof 180 websites identified thirtytwo met inclusion criteria distribution website sources institutional n 8 25 nonpharmaceutical commercial n 12 38 support n 12 38 evaluated discern thirtyone thirtytwo websites rated fair poor nonpharmaceutical commercial sites scored significantly lower institutional support sites p 0002 mean flesch reading ease score mean fleschkincaid grade level 559 fairly difficult 72 respectively fleschkincaid grade level score determines difficulty material measuring length words sentences converting results grade level ranging 0 12 us grade leveldue poor quality website information mediterranean diet patients consumers interested mediterranean diet get advice physicians dietitians