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August 7, 2025Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

Digital food environments and disordered eating among university students in Saudi Arabia: implications for nutrition equity and public health policy

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MZMubashir ZafarLALayan Zaid AlhamashiRARakan Yusef Alshwihani

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis reveals social media and food insecurity elevate disordered eating risk among students, suggesting public health policy changes.

Key Points

  • Social media use significantly increases the risk of disordered eating behaviors among university students.
  • Key predictors include food insecurity (β = 0.22) and trust in online content (r = 0.37), highlighting their impact.
  • A cross-sectional study of 509 students used validated questionnaires and identified significant relationships through correlation and regression analyses.
  • Addressing health literacy and promoting targeted nutrition education may help mitigate eating disorder risks in this population.

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Zafar et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af2d6fcf1dd9ea359e50cehttps://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2025.2542955
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