Association of Scrolling Instagram Food Accounts and Dietary Practices Among Undergraduate Students
Keywords:
Culinary, Eating Behavior, Instagram, Intensity, StudentAbstract
Instagram users rank 3rd out of 16 platforms in Indonesia in 2021 which culinary business people use to provide guaranteed information for someone, especially teenagers and young adults. Food that used to be just a filling for the stomach and satisfying hunger has now become a food culture and trend to fulfill lifestyle, so the intensity of using social media on Instagram is increasing. Food uploads on Instagram are dominated by foods that are high in calories, carbohydrates, fat, and sodium, but low in fiber and protein, which is more popular on social media that eschews the concept of balanced eating behavior. This study aims to analyze the relationship between the use of culinary accounts on exposure to social media food content on Instagram with eating behavior using a cross-sectional study design involving 42 students of Nutrition Program respondents class of 2018, 2019, and 2020 at UPN Veteran Jakarta selected by Stratified random sampling. Data collection was done online by filling out questionnaires and interviews. The results of the bivariate analysis with chi-square showed that there was a relationship between duration in the low category (1-3 hours/day) as much as 57.1% (p=0.026) and frequency in the high category (> 4 times/day) as much as 69% (p=0.046) with unbalanced eating behavior related to staple food and protein that does not vary, and the frequency of infrequent consumption of vegetables and fruits, but frequent consumption of risky foods with high and frequent use of Instagram.
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