TY - JOUR
T1 - Weight Management Information Overload Challenges in 2007 HINTS: Socioeconomic, Health Status and Behaviors Correlates
AU - Chan, Yiu Ming
AU - Huang, Hong
AU - huang, hong
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Online users search the internet to locate necessary information for long-term weight management. However, some become frustrated or feel overwhelmed by the different kinds of weight management information. This phenomenon is known as information overload. The study used 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data to find that overweight people and older adults were more likely to report overweight information overload. Further, lower education levels, poor health conditions, feelings of sadness, health information received from friends, little confidence in their ability to find information, and not using complementary therapies were also significantly associated with information overload. In view of these findings, health care information vendors, policy makers, information specialists, and librarians could provide an effective way to deliver weight management information.
AB - Online users search the internet to locate necessary information for long-term weight management. However, some become frustrated or feel overwhelmed by the different kinds of weight management information. This phenomenon is known as information overload. The study used 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data to find that overweight people and older adults were more likely to report overweight information overload. Further, lower education levels, poor health conditions, feelings of sadness, health information received from friends, little confidence in their ability to find information, and not using complementary therapies were also significantly associated with information overload. In view of these findings, health care information vendors, policy makers, information specialists, and librarians could provide an effective way to deliver weight management information.
KW - Health information
KW - information overload
KW - predictors of overload
KW - weight management
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/si_facpub/162
UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/15398285.2013.780540
U2 - 10.1080/15398285.2013.780540
DO - 10.1080/15398285.2013.780540
M3 - Article
VL - 17
JO - Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
JF - Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
ER -