Das Priyosmita, Saraswathy Kallur Nava, Chaudhary Vineet
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2024 May-Jun;49(3):544-548. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_288_23. Epub 2024 May 24.
Smartphone addiction (SA) has emerged as an important health concern worldwide. Recent studies have recognized SA as one of the factors that promote sedentarism and can contribute to obesity. However, the relationship between SA and obesity among Indian young adults remains understudied. The present study aims to estimate the prevalence of SA and explore its association with general and central obesity among young adults in Delhi, India. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 246 young adults (aged 18-30 years) of either sex (60.16% females) from Delhi. Screening for SA was done using the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version. Somatometric measurements (height, weight, waist circumference, and hip circumference) were taken to determine general and central obesity. SA was prevalent among 25.2% of the participants. The prevalence of SA was higher among males and undergraduate students than among females and postgraduate/MPhil/PhD students, respectively. Further, SA was not associated with any of the obesity variables. Interestingly, smartphone addicts were found to have a 2.5-fold increased risk of being underweight. Though SA was not associated with obesity, it was found to be associated with being underweight, indicating a relationship between smartphone use and nutritional status among young adults.
智能手机成瘾（SA）已成为全球范围内一个重要的健康问题。最近的研究已将智能手机成瘾视为促进久坐不动并可能导致肥胖的因素之一。然而，印度年轻成年人中智能手机成瘾与肥胖之间的关系仍未得到充分研究。本研究旨在估计印度德里年轻成年人中智能手机成瘾的患病率，并探讨其与总体肥胖和中心性肥胖的关联。这项横断面研究是在德里的246名年龄在18至30岁之间的男女青年（女性占60.16%）中进行的。使用智能手机成瘾量表简版对智能手机成瘾进行筛查。通过测量身体指标（身高、体重、腰围和臀围）来确定总体肥胖和中心性肥胖。25.2%的参与者存在智能手机成瘾问题。男性和本科生中智能手机成瘾的患病率分别高于女性和研究生/硕士/博士生。此外，智能手机成瘾与任何肥胖变量均无关联。有趣的是，发现智能手机成瘾者体重过轻的风险增加了2.5倍。虽然智能手机成瘾与肥胖无关，但发现它与体重过轻有关，这表明年轻成年人中智能手机使用与营养状况之间存在关联。
