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  • Scientists text-mining social media for data on food-related topics

    May 15, 2020 10:30 am by Sharita ForrestResearch
    niversity of Illinois food science graduate student Dandan Tao. Photo by Pengkun Yang

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    • niversity of Illinois food science graduate student Dandan Tao. Photo by Pengkun Yang

    Researchers are data mining social media to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks, monitor obesity rates and related diseases, and explore dietary patterns and the growing popularity of plant-based diets.