Exploring Weight Loss Medication Discourse: Mixed Methods Analysis of US-Based Facebook Posts

Elizabeth Dennard   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Katrina Makres   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Amrutha Alibilli   ^{1 *} ;   Vidur Jain   ^{1 *} ;   Anne Wang   ^{1 *} ;   Roger Abim-Karmon   ^{2 *} ;   Shaniece Criss   ^{2 *} , ScD ;   Yulin Hswen   ^{1 *} , ScD ;   Quynh C Nguyen   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing   ^{4, 5 *} , PhD ;   Rozalina G McCoy   ^{4, 5, 6 *} , MD ;   Thu T Nguyen   ^{1, 5} , ScD

¹ Deparment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States

² Furman University, Greenville, SC, United States

³ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States

⁴ University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁵ University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, MD, United States

⁶ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

*these authors contributed equally