Nutritionism, posts and celebrities: what does the oracle tell us to eat?

• Main Authors: Nathalie Fonseca Gloria, Maria Cláudia da Veiga Soares Carvalho, Cristiane Marques Seixas, Daniela Menezes Neiva Barcellos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) 2021-08-01
• Series: RECIIS
• Subjects: nutricionistas; celebridades; alimentação; estilo de vida saudável; tecnologias de comunicação.
• Online Access: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/2286

New information and communication technologies combined with new media and communication networks have made privacy an object of consumption. The communication scenario mediates access to digital products and services with new parameters of healthy eating habits and lifestyle behaviors. Visibility gives prestige to posts that move through the online environment, legitimizing them. The aim of this study was to map the representativeness of celebrity posts and understand their meanings in the field of Food and Nutrition. The central problem is the magical effect of healthy behavior in doctrinal guidelines on eating. We analyzed images and texts of six profiles of nutritionists who became celebrities in Brazil. Posts guide followers, reproducing rapid response models that promise happiness of the illusion of self-discipline and self-control. The webpages operate as ‘oracles’ for healthy living, following the logic of a fast thinking communication, not prone to the expression of thought.