Images on the Internet Foodposts can be beneficial to a healthier diet

Photos of meals on the Internet can contribute to a healthy diet
The current nutrition report shows: Germans want to eat healthy. However, many people are not so easy to get excited about healthier food. Apparently, food posts can help here. Because these photos of meals on the Internet can help you eat better.

Food posts contribute to a healthier diet
Who does not know that: The stomach says vegetables but the belly junk food. Although many people always take to living healthier, but how can be implemented resolutions implement? When it comes to eating better, apparently photos of meals on the Internet can help, reports the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) in a recent release.

More and more people in the digital society get their motivation from the net. Photos of meals on the Internet can contribute to a healthier diet, reports the Techniker Krankenkasse. (Image: Jacek Chabraszewski / fotolia.com)

One in five has already posted photos of his meals
"What drives people? What motivates us to live healthier, to move more or to eat better? "Asks the health insurance company and answers that motivation in the digital society is increasingly coming from the internet.

The nutritional study "Iss was, Germany." Of the TK has therefore shown that every fifth adult in Germany has ever posted photos of his meals on the Internet. Another 72 percent looked at the food images of other users.

According to the fund, these so-called food postings can contribute to a healthier diet, because: every seventh said they eat healthier since meals are shared on the net.

And nearly a fifth of respondents motivated other users' postings to eat healthier. Especially for women, the positive effect was evident: three out of ten respondents spurred on the photos of other users, compared to just eight percent of the men.

Motivate through social networks, fitness trackers and co
"The motives for doing something for yourself can vary greatly from person to person," said Gudrun Ahlers, responsible for health surveys at TK.

"Apparently, however, there is now a relevant proportion of people who can be motivated by social networks, fitness tracker or gamification - as we could see last year on the example of Pokémon Go. These are interesting developments for us, which we also consider when designing our prevention offers. "

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