ReviewNutrients2025
A Review of Food-Related Social Media and Its Relationship to Body Image and Disordered Eating.
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- Seeing Is Ordering: The Influence of Mukbang Video Types on Consumers' Immediate Ordering Intention.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Association Between Social Media Usage on Food Choice Motivations and Dietary Carbon Footprints in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- The relationship between internet addiction and intuitive eating: a cross-sectional study among young adults.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A social cognitive theory and theory of planned behavior-based serial multiple mediation model of social media-related factors and eating behaviors among sports science students.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- From health to harm: Cross-sectional analysis of factors associated with orthorexia nervosa.Neuroscience applied · 2026Article
- Mukbang Viewing and Eating Behaviors Among Saudi Adults: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Food and mood: how clean eating content on social media influences affect and body satisfaction in women.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesAppearance-related social media, such as "thinspiration" and "fitspiration" posts, have been shown to contribute to poor body image and disordered eating. Food-related social media is becoming increasingly popular; however, far less is known about its relationship to body image and disordered eating.
methodsThe current review searched PsycNet and PubMed (Medline) for all the literature examining food-related social media and its relationship with body image and/or disordered eating outcomes.
resultsFrom 796 initial hits, the search identified 16 relevant studies. The study designs and types of media examined varied widely, including mukbang videos, food blogs, and "What I Eat In A Day" videos. Findings on the relationship between food-related social media and outcome variables were quite mixed, perhaps speaking to the wide variety of media included in the review.
conclusionsThe existing literature is sparce, but overall, it suggests a potential relationship between food-related social media, negative body image, and disordered eating. Additional experimental research is needed to clarify outcomes for different media types (e.g., food blogs versus mukbang videos) and to determine the direction of causality for each.
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