Researchers at the University of Arizona have released a study that reveals America’s food preferences based on the most commonly used Twitter hashtags.
Spotted on FirstWeFeast, the researchers analyzed 3.5 million tweets with food hashtags that were taken from Twitter’s API between October 2013 and May 2014.
The original purpose of the study was to determine whether people's hashtags and discussion topics on Twitter can convey information about their community and health, like their likelihood of diabetes, their weight, and even their political preferences.
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