标题：The relationship between social media use, eating attitude and body mass index among nutrition and dietetic female students: A cross-sectional study
期刊名称：Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética
印刷版ISSN：2173-1292
出版年度：2021
卷号：25
期号：1
页码：78-86
DOI：10.14306/renhyd.25.1.1094
出版社：Asociacion Espanola de Dietistas Nutricionistas
摘要：Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between media using habits, frequency and duration, and body mass index on eating attitudes. Material and methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted with female students who received nutrition and dietetics education in Istanbul. A questionnaire consisting of a socio-demographic questionnaire, Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), and Social Media Attitude Scale was applied to 1248 female volunteers by the face-to-face interview method.Results: It was found that 35.7% of the participants had abnormal eating attitudes and 89.6% showed a positive attitude towards social media. 93.7% of the group with abnormal eating attitudes indicated a positive attitude towards social media, 0.4% had a negative attitude and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.001). It was observed that a significant difference between EAT-40 and thought of an eating problem, having a social media membership, and spending time on social media (p<0.05).Conclusions: Social media have an effect on nutrition dietetics students on abnormal eating attitude; it did not show a significant effect on BMI.
其他关键词：Body Mass Index; Feeding Behavior; Social Media; Female; Students; Universities.
