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| Title |
Nutritional supplements for diabetes sold on the internet: business or health promotion?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-777 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Loredana Covolo, Michela Capelli, Elisabetta Ceretti, Donatella Feretti, Luigi Caimi, Umberto Gelatti |
| Abstract |
Diabetes is one of the most widespread chronic disease. Although many medications are available for the treatment and prevention of diabetes, many people turn to nutritional supplements (NSs). In these years, the online sales have contributed to the growth of use of nutritional supplement. The aim of the research was to investigate the type of information provided by sales websites on NSs, and analyse the existence of scientific evidence about some of the most common ingredients found in available NSs for diabetes. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 15 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Norway | 1 | 7% |
| South Africa | 1 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 73% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 13% |
| Scientists | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 65 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 16% |
| Researcher | 5 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 9 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 15% |
| Psychology | 6 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 24% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 February 2021.
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#2,082,344
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#2,333
of 14,793 outputs
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#19,272
of 199,732 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#51
of 286 outputs
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