Relationship between diet, social media use and self-perception of diet, physical activity and health in Mexican adolescents
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2025 |
| Beskrivelse: | Introduction: Improving diet habits and physical activity has been one of the main challenges in the last years. One third of underage individuals does not have a healthy diet, whereas use of social media by adolescents is at an all-time high, and this appears to determine the way adolescents eat and perceive their health. Objective: To analyze the relationship between the recommended food for daily consumption (RFD) and the not recommended food for daily consumption (NRFD), with the use of social media, and self-perception of diet, physical activity and health of Mexican adolescents, by sex and social setting. Methodology: A descriptive, transversal and quantitative study was performed in a group of 328 Mexican adolescents (14.47 ± 0.53 years). 56.1% live in an urban setting and 59.80% of them are women. The frequency of RFD and NRFD consumption was evaluated, the frequency of the use of different social media and the self-perception of diet, physical activity and health condition of the adolescents. Results: Boys consume RFD more frequently than girls. Adolescents from rural setting consume more NRFD. The use of social media was positively correlated with the frequency in the consumption of NRFD. Conclusions: The diet of adolescents appears to be determined by sex and setting. The use of social media appears to not determine the perception adolescents have of their diet, level of physical activity or health, but it does determine their choice of food, therefore, when they are more exposed to them, the higher is the consumption of NRFD. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Sprog: | Inglés Español Portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/19881 |
| Online adgang: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/mhsalud/article/view/19881 |
| Palabra clave: | Food Intake Scholars Internet Social Setting Physical Exercise Dieta Escolares Entorno Social Ejercicio Físico |