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Consequences of Internet Addiction on Dietary Behavior among Adolescents in Assiut City

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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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.

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10.21608/asnj.2019.56784

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Adolescents, Consequences, Internet Addiction & Dietary Behavior

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Fatma

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Mekhemer

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A.

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Nursing Specialist at Dermoas Hospital, El-Minia, Egypt

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Eman

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Ahmed

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Sayed

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Professor of Pediatric and Premature Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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Atyat

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Hassan

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Mohammed

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Lecturer of Pediatric and Premature Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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7

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17

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8560

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2019-06-01

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2019-11-04

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2019-06-01

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23

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Consequences of Internet Addiction on Dietary Behavior among Adolescents in Assiut City

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22 Jan 2023