Social Media Use, Food Craving and Ultra Processed Food Consumption in Students

Condition(s) studied

Study summary

Social media can increase unhealthy eating habits by influencing individuals' desire to eat, especially through images and advertisements of ultra-processed foods. One of the groups most affected by this situation is university students who use social media intensively. Therefore, examining the relationship between social media use and ultra-processed food consumption is important in terms of developing healthy eating awareness.

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Primary outcome measure(s)

• Evaluation of the correlation between social media use and ultra-processed food consumption in university students — Up to one month
  Questions about students' social media use (duration of use, exposure to nutrients, etc.) will be collected with a questionnaire form. In order to evaluate ultra-processed food consumption, 'short screening questionnaire of highly processed food consumption (sQ-HPF)' will be applied. There are 11 items in the scale. For each question, the participants will be asked to tick one of the yes or no answers. The score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 0 and 11. There is no reverse item in the scale. Each yes is evaluated as 1 point. 6 points and above is considered as high processed food consumption.
• Evaluation of the correlation between Social Media Use and Food Craving in University Students — Up to one month
  Questions about students' social media use (duration of use, exposure to foods, etc.) will be collected with a questionnaire form. 'Food Craving Questionnaire Short Form (FCQT-R)' will be used to evaluate the desire to eat. The scale consists of 15 questions and includes a 6-point scale ranging from "Never" (1) to "Always" (6). The scale has a score range of 15-90. A low score indicates a low food craving experience, while a high score indicates a high food craving experience.

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