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cross-sectional·public health, nutrition, dietetics, epidemiology, family medicine·PMC10097007

Association of Social Networking Sites Use with Actual and Ideal Body Shapes, and Eating Behaviors in Healthy Young Japanese Women

Nutrients · 5 authors, 4 centres

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This cross-sectional web-based survey of 196 healthy young Japanese women found that longer daily time spent on social networking sites was associated with lower actual body mass index (BMI) and lower ideal body image, as well as poorer access to health information and healthy foods.

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This study was a cross-sectional, web-based survey examining associations between social networking sites (SNS) use and health-related factors in 196 non-obese, healthy young Japanese women aged 20-29. Correlation analysis revealed that longer daily SNS use was significantly associated with lower BMI, lower use of nutrition labels, and lower frequency of consuming milk and dairy products. The long SNS use group had significantly lower BMI and lower ideal body image scores compared to the short use group. The authors suggest these findings indicate a potential association between prolonged SNS use and both thinner actual and ideal body shapes and poorer dietary health behaviors.

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PMC10097007

Association of Social Networking Sites Use with Actual and Ideal Body Shapes, and Eating Behaviors in Healthy Young Japanese Women

Nutrients

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Recent reports have associated the use of social networking sites (SNS) with the drive for thinness in young women; however, its influence on their actual body shape and eating behaviors (EB) remains unclear. We aimed to examine the effect of SNS use on body mass index (BMI), body image (BI), and EB in young women. Participants included 196 healthy women (20–29 years) who answered questions about their SNS use, height, weight, BI and EB via a web-based survey. First, the correlation between time spent on SNS and each variable was determined. Participants were then divided into quartiles according to the duration of daily SNS use as long (≥3 h, n = 52) and short (<1 h, n = 54), and the data were then compared between the groups. Correlation analysis showed that the longer the duration of daily SNS use, the significantly lower the BMI, the use of nutrition labels, and the frequency of consumption of milk and dairy products. The long group had significantly lower BMI and ideal BI than the short group. The results suggest that spending more time on SNS in young women may be associated with thinner actual and ideal body shapes and poorer access to health information and healthy foods.

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Yukina Yumen, Yumi Takayama, Fumiaki Hanzawa et al.. Association of Social Networking Sites Use with Actual and Ideal Body Shapes, and Eating Behaviors in Healthy Young Japanese Women. Nutrients. (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15071589

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Yukina Yumen, Yumi Takayama, Fumiaki Hanzawa, Naoki Sakane, Narumi Nagai

1Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology, Graduate School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Himeji City 670-0092, Hyogo, [email protected] (N.N.)
2Kyoto College of Nutritional and Medical Sciences, Kyoto 616-8376, Kyoto, Japan
3Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Himeji City 670-0092, Hyogo, Japan; [email protected]
4Division of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Research Institute for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto 612-8555, Kyoto, Japan; [email protected]

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Hubertus Himmerich, Leslie D. Frazier