Who sends the message matters: social media messengers and adolescent eating (opens in new tab)

Adolescents encounter large volumes of non-core (i.e., nutritionally poor and unhealthy) food messages on social media. The relationship between these messages and eating is a product of both the volume of exposure to the message (e.g., frequent exposure) and the various sources (i.e., messengers) relaying each of these messages. This study investigates and compares how adolescents’ perceived volume of exposure to food messages from different social media messenger categories (peers, influenc...