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FAKE: The spread of the fake “top 10 killer foods” list in Facebook

Updated: Apr 15, 2021

By: Klyde Carpizo


On late February 21, 2021 an anonymous FB user uploaded a photo that was share more than three thousand times alerted many netizens in the social media platform including the WHO(World Health Organization) Philippines. According to the Vera files records the photo was taken during the day of the health seminar of the uploader.


Then a month later(March 25), another netizen uploaded the list with a link to a sign up sheet of becoming a financial advisor, the re-uploaded photo was shared 34,000 times.



(source Vera files)


The W.H.O clarified "that WHO has never declared a list of 10 killer foods,” which VERA received the email on March 24 by communication unit of W.H.O Philippines


https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-who-list-killer-foods-not-true

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