Health Communication and Nutrition Disorders

As with human behavior, nutritional behavior is a complex phenomenon influenced by a wide variety of factors. The most important of these factors is that nutritional habits are exposed to especially the negative effects health communication and new media in many aspects. Today, when communication and information opportunities are at a high level, people's access to various information about foods, healthy nutrition and food group; their ability to interpret, understand, criticize and make healthy food choices in line with this information is effective on their nutritional habits. As a result, in addition to the existing health problems, people are faced with many new health conditions arising from eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Orthorexia Nervosa, and Obesity. It is known that obesity poses a risk for various diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, some hormone-dependent cancers and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, which are generally one of the most common of these health problems. The spread of fast-food culture also causes an increase in unhealthy nutrition and especially obesity. Therefore, the consequences of the effects of social orientations on nutrition can be pathological from time to time.

This review aimed to provide information about the effects of health communication on nutritional disorders and some diseases resulting from these effects.