Asil Esma, Yılmaz Mustafa Volkan, Ayyıldız Feride, Yalçın Tuba
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. Faculty of Health Sciences. Ankara Üniversitesi.
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. Faculty of Health Sciences. Gazi Üniversitesi.
Nutr Hosp. 2023 Apr 20;40(2):384-390. doi: 10.20960/nh.04217.
Objectives: the current study evaluated the orthorexic tendencies of social media users and the factors affecting these tendencies. Methods: a total of 2526 adult participants (696 male and 1830 female, 28.4 ± 10.3 years) completed a questionnaire that includes personal information, the Orthorexia Nervosa Scale (ORTO-11), the Social Media and Eating Behavior Scale (SMEB), and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ). Body mass index (BMI) was calculated from the reported weight and height of the participants. Independent-sample t-tests or chi-square tests were computed to evaluate various information of the participants according to the ON tendency. A binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors. Results: according to ORTO-11, 56.1 % of the participants had a tendency to ON, and the trend to ON increased with age and BMI (p < 0.05). People without ON tendency spent more time (172.2 ± 119.9 min/day) on social media. Participants who followed webpages with healthy nutrition and sport-exercise recommendations had an increased ON risk when compared to those who did not follow those pages (p < 0.05). In addition, although there was a significant difference between participants in physical activity level according to the ON tendency, this relationship was not significant in the regression model (p > 0.05). Conclusion: this study indicates that increasing social media usage, especially web pages that include health and nutrition recommendations, may boost the tendency to ON. Thus, raising awareness of social media may be beneficial to people who have a tendency to ON.
本研究评估了社交媒体用户的正食癖倾向以及影响这些倾向的因素。方法：共有2526名成年参与者（696名男性和1830名女性，年龄28.4±10.3岁）完成了一份问卷，该问卷包括个人信息、神经性正食癖量表（ORTO-11）、社交媒体与饮食行为量表（SMEB）以及国际体力活动问卷简表（IPAQ）。根据参与者报告的体重和身高计算身体质量指数（BMI）。采用独立样本t检验或卡方检验，根据正食癖倾向评估参与者的各种信息。使用二元逻辑回归分析来确定风险因素。结果：根据ORTO-11，56.1%的参与者有正食癖倾向，且正食癖倾向随年龄和BMI的增加而增加（p<0.05）。没有正食癖倾向的人在社交媒体上花费的时间更多（172.2±119.9分钟/天）。与未关注那些页面的参与者相比，关注了提供健康营养和体育锻炼建议网页的参与者正食癖风险增加（p<0.05）。此外，尽管根据正食癖倾向，参与者在体力活动水平上存在显著差异，但在回归模型中这种关系并不显著（p>0.05）。结论：本研究表明，增加社交媒体的使用，尤其是包含健康和营养建议的网页，可能会增强正食癖倾向。因此，提高对社交媒体的认识可能对有正食癖倾向的人有益。
