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- University of Utah researchers watched people browsing online.
- They tracked web activity to find health sites.
- The study followed more than one thousand adults.
- It lasted four weeks and tracked visits.
- Few people visited low-credibility health sites.
- A small group made most of those visits.
- Older adults saw these questionable sites more often.
- Researchers say helping seniors evaluate content could be useful.
- The study also looked at online videos.
- The research appears in the journal Nature Aging.
Difficult words
- researcher — people in the study, watched web activityresearchers
- browse — visited web sites online to find health sitesbrowsing
- track — followed web activity and visits four weekstracked
- questionable — sites older adults saw more often
- senior — older adults in the study saw questionable sitesseniors
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Discussion questions
- Do you visit health sites online?
- Do you watch online videos?
- Do older people in your family use the internet?
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