Central Research Institute, Dr. Chung's Food Co., Ltd., Cheongju 28446, Korea.
Graduate School of Public Health and Healthcare Management, Songeui Medical Campus, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06691, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 18;19(6):3621. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063621.
In order to improve the health status of adolescents, studies are needed to illuminate the essence of their general and dietary lifestyle. Thus, we conducted this study to verify meaningful relationships between adolescent usage of social media (USM), which plays an important role in their life, their food consumption behavior (FCB), and their dietary satisfaction. This study used two analysis methods: t-tests and structural equation modeling (SEM). This study verified whether there was a significant difference in adolescent FCB depending on their USM using t-tests. This study proposes that the following FCBs showed significant differences between users and non-users of social media in adolescents: a tendency to try new types of food (t = 2.134, p < 0.05), a tendency to avoid foods with harmful risks such as suspected spoilage (t = 3.513, p < 0.001), a tendency to eat bread or fruit for a simple breakfast (t = −3.893, p < 0.001), and a tendency to often use home meal replacements (HMR), eat out or have food delivered (t = −3.245, p < 0.01). Furthermore, this study used SEM to verify the causal relationship between adolescent USM and their dietary satisfaction. According to the results of SEM, adolescents’ USM mediated by the FCB of preferring convenience fully mediates the negative relationship between adolescent USM and their dietary satisfaction (p < 0.01). It is necessary to reverse the situation in which adolescent dietary satisfaction decreases as their FCB of preferring convenience increases. Government regulations for food companies and autonomous efforts for quality improvements on their part are needed.
为了提高青少年的健康水平，需要研究阐明他们一般和饮食生活方式的本质。因此，我们进行了这项研究，以验证青少年使用社交媒体（USM）与其食物消费行为（FCB）和饮食满意度之间存在有意义的关系。本研究使用了两种分析方法：t 检验和结构方程建模（SEM）。本研究通过 t 检验验证了青少年的 FCB 是否因 USM 的使用而存在显著差异。本研究提出，以下 FCB 在青少年社交媒体使用者和非使用者之间存在显著差异：尝试新类型食物的倾向（t=2.134，p<0.05）、避免食用具有有害风险的食物的倾向，如疑似变质的食物（t=3.513，p<0.001）、倾向于简单地吃面包或水果作为早餐（t=-3.893，p<0.001）以及经常使用家庭代餐（HMR）、外出就餐或外卖的倾向（t=-3.245，p<0.01）。此外，本研究使用 SEM 验证了青少年 USM 与其饮食满意度之间的因果关系。根据 SEM 的结果，青少年 USM 通过偏好便利性的 FCB 完全中介了青少年 USM 与其饮食满意度之间的负相关关系（p<0.01）。有必要扭转青少年对便利性的食物消费行为增加导致其饮食满意度下降的局面。需要食品公司的政府法规和他们自身的质量改进自主努力。
