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  "abstract": "Background: It remains unclear whether eating behaviors are associated with overall social media use or specifically with the duration and genre of food-related video exposure. This study examined the associations of general social media use, food-video viewing duration, most-watched food-video genre, and body appreciation with eating behaviors among adults living in Istanbul, Türkiye.\n\nMethods: This cross-sectional study included 364 (75.5% female, the mean age of 29.3 ± 10.8 years) adults residing in Istanbul, Türkiye between March-May 2026. Data were collected through an online questionnaire comprising social media and food-video viewing patterns, eating behaviors using the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21, and body appreciation using the Body Appreciation Scale-2. Data was analyzed using SPSS 24.0.\n\nResults: Overall social media use was not independently associated with uncontrolled eating (β = 0.035, p = 0.517), emotional eating (β = −0.030, p = 0.566), or cognitive restraint (β = −0.055, p = 0.290). In the primary adjusted models, compared with viewing food-related videos for 0–1 h/day, viewing for 2–4 h/day was associated with higher uncontrolled eating (β = 0.208, p < 0.001), emotional eating (β = 0.161, p = 0.001), and cognitive restraint (β = 0.103, p = 0.045). However, the cognitive-restraint association for this category was not statistically significant after expanded covariate adjustment or in the non-linear sensitivity analysis, indicating a model-dependent finding. Viewing for >4 h/day was associated with higher emotional eating (β = 0.118, p = 0.001) and cognitive restraint (β = 0.147, p = 0.006), but not uncontrolled eating. Higher body appreciation was independently associated with lower uncontrolled eating (β = −0.212, p < 0.001) and emotional eating (β = −0.191, p < 0.001). The final models had adjusted R ² values of 0.137, 0.197, and 0.122, respectively.\n\nConclusions: Food-video viewing duration was associated with uncontrolled and emotional eating, while associations with cognitive restraint varied across model specifications. Greater body appreciation was independently associated with lower uncontrolled and emotional eating.",
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    "Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fenerbahçe University",
    "Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Hamidiye Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences Türkiye",
    "Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Bilgi University",
    "Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Gelisim University"
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  "doi": "10.3389/fpubh.2026.1963635",
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  "published": "2026-10-22",
  "publisher": "Frontiers Media SA",
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  "title": "Watching what others eat: exposure to social-media eating content, body appreciation, and eating behaviors in Turkish adults",
  "title_text": "Watching what others eat: exposure to social-media eating content, body appreciation, and eating behaviors in Turkish adults",
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  "venue": "Frontiers in Public Health",
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