Department of Health Promotion and Nutrition Sciences, Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx, NY, USA.
Avenues: The World School, New York, NY, USA.
Nutr Health. 2023 Jun;29(2):199-203. doi: 10.1177/02601060221136917. Epub 2022 Nov 4.
There has been substantial debate surrounding the use of genetically modified foods (GMFs).
The purpose of this study was to describe the content of news articles covering GMFs.
A search was completed on Google News using the key words "genetically modified foods" and the resulting 100 English-language news articles were analyzed for content.
Only 26% of the articles analyzed were from professional or government sources. Among all content categories, definition or explanation of GMFs with a featured product as an example had the highest coverage, being addressed in 74% of the sample. Identification of GMFs from food labels (p = .001), was significantly associated with the source of the article (p > .05).
Opportunities exist for scientists, educators, and health experts to present evidence-based and science-based information, with a balanced emphasis on the risks and benefits of GMFs to help consumers to make well-informed choices.
关于转基因食品（GMF）的使用存在大量争议。
本研究旨在描述涵盖 GMF 的新闻文章的内容。
在 Google News 上使用关键词“genetically modified foods”进行搜索，分析了 100 篇英文新闻文章的内容。
只有 26%的分析文章来自专业或政府来源。在所有内容类别中，对 GMF 的定义或解释以及以特色产品为例的内容的报道率最高，占样本的 74%。从食品标签上识别 GMF（p=0.001）与文章来源显著相关（p>0.05）。
科学家、教育工作者和健康专家有机会提供基于证据和科学的信息，平衡强调 GMF 的风险和益处，以帮助消费者做出明智的选择。
