Association of Smartphone Use With Body Image Distortion and Weight Loss Behaviors in Korean Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite high use of smartphones among adolescents, little is known about the association of smartphone use with body image and related behaviors.

Objective

To examine the associations of duration of smartphone use and types of content most frequently accessed via smartphone with body image distortion and weight loss behaviors in adolescents.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from the population-based Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey 2017. Participants comprised a nationally representative sample of 53 133 Korean adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. Data were collected from June 1 to July 18, 2017. The analysis was performed from February 7, 2020, to March 30, 2022.

Exposures

Self-reported duration of smartph

SUBMITTER: Kwon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9123497 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature