Nutrition in the Blogosphere

A blog is a website with regular entries commonly organized in a reverse chronological order. Blogs can provide content and express opinion on healthcare that you can never find in a medical paper.



Webicina only shows you blogs from the best quality. We highlight if the blog:

• ...is accredited by HONcode (Health on the Net Foundation) which is a non-profit international organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.




• ...meets the rules of The Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics (HBCE) which aims to give the readers of a medical blogger a clear idea of the standards by which the blog is maintained and to give bloggers a clear set of guidelines they can show employers, patients, or other concerned parties as to the nature of the blogging.




• And all the blogs comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ) rules. This US law defines in 18 identifiers what a medical blogger should never mention when writing about a patient's case.

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About.com Nutrition Blog

• Author: Shereen Jegtvig
• Description: "About.com Guide to Nutrition."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes

• Author: Arya M. Sharma, MD/PhD, FRCPC
• Description: "Views and news on obesity research and management from the University of Alberta Obesity Chair."
• Quality: Member of the Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics.

Health & Nutrition 2.0

• Author: Ashley Colpaart RD LD and Colby Vorland
• Description: "The intention of this blog is to share my journey and insight on the organization and efficient dissemination of information relating to health, utilizing Web 2.0 technologies. I spend a great deal of time each day online, following health news and new research, and find new ways of doing so almost daily. Thus, this blog will explore software, websites, blogs, and list tutorials when applicable."
• Quality: Clear disclaimer, contact information and description.

Mayo Clinic - Nutrition-wise blog

• Author: Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D.
• Description: "Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Nutritional Blogma

• Author: Colby Vorland
• Description: "In this blog I highlight recent nutrition related research and post short literature reviews on controversial topics. This blog is my personal journey into developing an encompassing picture of how we should eat and live."
• Quality: A finalist in the 2010 Research Blogging awards for the "Best Health Blog" category.

Obesity Panacea

• Author: Peter Janiszewski PhD Candidate, MSc and Travis Saunders MSc, CEP
• Description: "We are PhD students in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Our research focuses on the relationships between obesity, physical activity, and health risk. This blog is our attempt to consider the many "cures" for obesity that we read about on a daily basis. Enjoy."
• Quality: Two researchers in pursuit of a cure for obesity.

The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

• Author: Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades
• Description: "A critical look at nutritional science and anything else that strikes my fancy."
• Quality: "The Health and Nutrition Blog by Dr. Michael R. Eades, M.D provides a critical outlook into nutritional science. Topics covered include weight loss, low carb diets, intermittent fasting, health issues."

The Nutrition and Food Web Archive Nutrition Blog

• Author: Nutrition and Food Web Archive (NAFWA)
• Description: "Your number one source for free nutrition and food-related resources on the internet."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

The Nutrition Data Blog

• Author: Monica Reinagel, M.S., LD/N
• Description: "The Nutrition Data Blog, is your source for useful information about nutrition and health that you might not get from other news sources."
• Quality: "The information in Nutrition Data's database comes from the USDA's National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference and is supplemented by listings provided by restaurants and food manufacturers."