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World J Clin Pediatr. Mar 9, 2024; 13(1): 89139
Published online Mar 9, 2024. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v13.i1.89139
Effect of nutrition-related infodemics and social media on maternal experience: A nationwide survey in a low/middle income country
Marwa M Zein, Noha Arafa, Mortada H F El-Shabrawi, Nehal Mohammed El-Koofy
Marwa M Zein, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 515211, Egypt
Noha Arafa, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital, Kasralainy Medical School, Cairo University, Cairo 515211, Egypt
Mortada H F El-Shabrawi, Department of Pediatrics, Cairo University, Cairo 12411, Egypt
Nehal Mohammed El-Koofy, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo 12411, Egypt
Author contributions: El-Koofy N designed the study; Zein MM and Arafa N participated in the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data, and drafted the initial manuscript; El-Shabrawi MHF and El-Koofy N revised the article critically for important intellectual content.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the scientific committee of the Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and was approved by the International Ethical committee at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University No. 318-2023.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Noha Arafa, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital, Kasralainy Medical School, Cairo University, 5th El-Rasheedy Street, Cairo 515211, Egypt. noha.hussein@kasralainy.edu.eg
Received: October 21, 2023
Peer-review started: October 21, 2023
First decision: December 15, 2023
Revised: December 29, 2023
Accepted: February 18, 2024
Article in press: February 18, 2024
Published online: March 9, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Undernutrition is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in children in low- or middle-income countries. The evaluation of maternal nutrition knowledge scores is crucial to improving practice. The infodemic era has significantly impacted the changing sources of nutrition information and myths. Consequently, this study aimed to assess healthy nutritional knowledge and nutrition-related misinformation and misbeliefs among a significant sample of Egyptian mothers. In addition, other objectives included determining the sources of nutritional information and how those mothers manage the sources of nutritional-related knowledge.