A comparative content analysis of vegetarian food blogs written by registered dietitians and non- registered dietitians
Authors: | Dumas, Audrée-Anne; Lemieux, Simone; Lapointe, Annie; Dugrenier, Marilyn; Desroches, Sophie |
Abstract: | This purpose of this study was to compare the nutritional content of vegetarian recipes published in food blogs written by registered dietitians (RDs) and by non-registered dietitians (non-RDs). Twelve food blogs written by RDs and 12 written by non-RDs were selected using a systematic approach. For each food blog, 2 vegetarian entrée recipes per season were selected (n = 192 recipes). Descriptive analyses were performed using Fisher’s exact test. Median nutritional values per serving between RDs’ and non-RDs’ recipes were compared using Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney tests. RDs’ recipes were significantly lower in energy, non-heme iron, vitamin C, and sodium, contained significantly more vitamin D and had a higher protein proportion than non-RDs’ recipes. Disparities were also observed across type of entrée and vegetarian dietary pattern. In conclusion, this study showed that RD and non-RD food bloggers provided vegetarian recipes with few nutritional differences. Whether expanding the comparative analysis between RDs and non-RDs’ blogs targeting different nutrition-related topics would yield different results remains to be investigated. |
Document Type: | Article de recherche |
Issue Date: | 23 March 2017 |
Open Access Date: | Restricted access |
Document version: | VoR |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/16124 |
This document was published in: | Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, Vol. 78 (2), 86-91 (2017) https://doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2017-001 Dietitians of Canada = Diététistes du Canada. |
Alternative version: | 10.3148/cjdpr-2017-001 28333554 |
Collection: | Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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