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The impact of celebrity influence on public health, including the potential for misinformation and harm to consumers.
The landscape for is now a mix of genuine paid or voluntary promotions and increasingly convincing fakes made with doctored images, audio and video — consumers are being urged to verify before trustin...
can nudge public behavior by changing social norms and drawing attention to health issues, sometimes increasing uptake of screenings or treatments but often amplifying unproven options or misleading c...
Celebrity and influencer endorsements are a staple of dietary supplement marketing because fame confers trust, attention and perceived expertise, but the practice repeatedly collides with scientific g...
A wave of fabricated celebrity endorsements for diet, supplement and other health products has been repeatedly debunked by consumer watchdogs and fact‑checkers in recent years, from bespoke fake “news...