Table 3.

Mediation models demonstrating the relationship between reported exposure to non-core food posts on social media and reported non-core food intake among Flemish adolescents 11–19 years old

	Sweets (Frequency)			Sweets (quantity g/d)			Soft drinks (Frequency)			Soft drinks (quantity ml/d)			Fried food (Frequency)
	Effect Estimate	se	P	Effect Estimate	se	P	Effect Estimate	se	P	Effect Estimate	se	P	Effect Estimate	se	P
Direct effect of non-core food posts	0·015	0·006	0·022	0·015	0·006	0·022	0·007	0·008	0·388	0·013	0·009	0·145	0·033	0·007	0·000
Indirect effects
Descriptive norms	0·005	0·002	0·001	0·005	0·002	0·001	0·003	0·001	0·033	0·002	0·002	0·140	0·002	0·001	0·065
Injunctive norms	−0·001	0·001	0·082	−0·001	0·001	0·072	−0·001	0·001	0·220	−0·001	0·001	0·327	0·001	0·001	0·113
Food literacy	−0·001	0·002	0·725	−0·001	0·002	0·725	−0·000	0·002	0·800	0·001	0·002	0·755	−0·001	0·002	0·776
Total indirect	0·003	0·003	0·175	0·001	0·003	0·185	0·002	0·002	0·483	0·003	0·002	0·490	0·003	0·003	0·257
Total effect	0·011	0·008	0.007	0·018	0·007	0·007	0·008	0·008	0·292	0·015	0·008	0·094	0·036	0·008	0·000