“Nutrition” and “Food” in Online Media in the Republic of Moldova: Content Analysis

Abstract

Media has a colossal power; currently, it forms public opinion and engages in decision-making. This chapter aimed to analyze how “nutrition” and “food” were reflected in the online media from the Republic of Moldova. As a source for data collection, the search browser www.google.com was used. The analysis was carried out using a grid analysis of forty-five items. The topics of nutrition and food were analyzed in news and media websites, TV station/websites, newspapers, aggregate online sites, and news agencies. As a result, recommendations on healthy food and nutrition, health in general, diets, and diseases are made in most articles. The information about nutrition and food information varied and was of medium quality.