Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place
The aim of this study was to investigate associations between social media use, self-reported health, dietary behaviours, and gender among young people living in Mauritius. For this cross-sectional study, questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 492 individuals (of which 64% were females) aged...
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| author | Komalsingh Rambaree Fariba Mousavi Peter Magnusson Mikaela Willmer |
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| description | The aim of this study was to investigate associations between social media use, self-reported health, dietary behaviours, and gender among young people living in Mauritius. For this cross-sectional study, questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 492 individuals (of which 64% were females) aged 14–29 year. A linear regression analysis investigating the associations between health problems and social media use, a number of dietary choices and behaviours, and gender was found to explain 49.9% of the variance in the prevalence of health problems, with social media use making the largest unique contribution (beta = 0.48). A MANOVA analysis found that there were significant gender differences in social media use, unhealthy food consumption, and self-reported health problems. This article concludes that the clash between gender, fast technological developments, and the influx of unhealthy foods in a glocal place has effects on young people through social media, and need to be monitored closely by youth and health policy-makers and researchers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e372fc9ac5b44a919ea5a236dbbb74032022-12-21T22:52:01ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862020-01-016110.1080/23311886.2020.17741401774140Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal placeKomalsingh Rambaree0Fariba Mousavi1Peter Magnusson2Mikaela Willmer3University of GävleMunicipality of UppsalaKarolinska InstituteUniversity of GävleThe aim of this study was to investigate associations between social media use, self-reported health, dietary behaviours, and gender among young people living in Mauritius. For this cross-sectional study, questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 492 individuals (of which 64% were females) aged 14–29 year. A linear regression analysis investigating the associations between health problems and social media use, a number of dietary choices and behaviours, and gender was found to explain 49.9% of the variance in the prevalence of health problems, with social media use making the largest unique contribution (beta = 0.48). A MANOVA analysis found that there were significant gender differences in social media use, unhealthy food consumption, and self-reported health problems. This article concludes that the clash between gender, fast technological developments, and the influx of unhealthy foods in a glocal place has effects on young people through social media, and need to be monitored closely by youth and health policy-makers and researchers.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2020.1774140consumptionfoodgenderglocalisationhealthmauritiusnutritionsocial media |
| spellingShingle | Komalsingh Rambaree Fariba Mousavi Peter Magnusson Mikaela Willmer Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place Cogent Social Sciences consumption food gender glocalisation health mauritius nutrition social media |
| title | Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place |
| title_full | Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place |
| title_fullStr | Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place |
| title_full_unstemmed | Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place |
| title_short | Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place |
| title_sort | youth health gender and social media mauritius as a glocal place |
| topic | consumption food gender glocalisation health mauritius nutrition social media |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2020.1774140 |
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