Interest in Receiving Nutrition Information Through Social Media Among Food-Security Program Participants in Washington, DC

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Figure 1.
The distribution of survey responses (n = 549) among social media users (n = 259) in study of interest in receiving nutrition information through social media among food-security program participants in Washington, DC, January–March 2020. Survey participants were asked, “Please choose 2 nutrition topics that you would like to receive on your social media page.” Results show the number of responses per topic.

The distribution of survey responses (n = 549) among social media users (n = 259) in study of interest in receiving nutrition information through social media among food-security program participants in Washington, DC, January–March 2020. Survey participants were asked, “Please choose 2 nutrition topics that you would like to receive on your social media page.” Results show the number of responses per topic.

Topic	No. (%) of Responses (n = 549)
Healthy recipes	155 (28.2)
Farmers markets calendar	111 (20.2)
Not interested	87 (15.8)
Healthy grocery shopping tips	74 (13.5)
Weight loss tips	60 (10.9)
Tips on how to engage children in healthy eating	55 (10.0)
Other	7 (1.3)

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Figure 2.
The distribution of survey responses (n = 813) among participants (n = 375) in study of interest in receiving nutrition information through social media among food-security program participants in Washington, DC, January–March 2020. The survey question was, “Do you search for healthy eating information using any of the following?” Participants were asked to check all that applied. Ns are number of responses.

The distribution of survey responses (n = 813) among participants (n = 375) in study of interest in receiving nutrition information through social media among food-security program participants in Washington, DC, January–March 2020. The survey question was, “Do you search for healthy eating information using any of the following?” Participants were asked to check all that applied. Ns are number of responses.

Source of Information	No. (%) of Responses (n = 813)
Family and friends	248 (30.5)
Community groups	181 (22.3)
Internet websites	176 (21.6)
Social media	113 (13.9)
Other	61 (7.5)
I don’t search for healthy eating information	34 (4.2)

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