Consequences of Internet Addiction on Dietary Behavior among Adolescents in Assiut City | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 2, Volume 7, Issue 17, June 2019, Pages 13-23 PDF (716.45 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2019.56784 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fatma A. Mekhemer1; Eman Sayed Ahmed2; Atyat Mohammed Hassan3 | ||
| 1Nursing Specialist at Dermoas Hospital, El-Minia, Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of Pediatric and Premature Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Lecturer of Pediatric and Premature Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Internet addiction has an unfavorable impact on dietary habits of adolescents. The aim was to assess the consequences of internet addiction on dietary behavior of adolescents in Assiut city. Design: Correlational descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: Four governmental secondary schools in Assiut city were the setting of the study. Subjects: A representative sample of 400 adolescents was recruited for this study. A stratified sampling technique was used. Tools: Three tools were utilized to collect the data: Socioeconomic scale, internet addiction test, and dietary behavior and diet quality questionnaire. Results: More than one-third of the studied adolescents had occasional to frequent problem due to internet use and near to one-quarter of them had a significant problem from internet use. Also, they were skipping meals, snacking frequently, had a poorer appetite, and bad diet quality. Conclusion: Adolescent students who had significant problem from internet use had improper dietary behavior, a poorer diet quality than their counterparts who had control over internet use. Recommendations: Raising adolescents’ awareness through mass media and health education program in schools and family-centered care about adverse effects of internet addiction on their development especially dietary behavior. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Adolescents; Consequences; Internet Addiction & Dietary Behavior | ||
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