Table 3.

Social media and diet.

Domains	Reference	Type of Publication	Highlighted
Depression Diet Cyberbullying Sleep Sex related problems Online grooming	Chassiakos Y.L.R. et al. [21]	Review	Risks of media device use include obesity, sleep, attention, and learning impairment, illicit substance use, high-risk sexual behaviors, depression, cyberbullying, and compromised privacy and confidentiality.
Diet	Théodore F.L. et al. [34]	Clinical Study	Digital Marketing represents a major threat for children and adolescents in Mexico, because of its persuasive techniques.
Diet Dental Caries	Radesky J. et al. [35]	Clinical Study	Exposure to advertising is associated with unhealthy behaviors. Children are uniquely vulnerable to the persuasive effects of advertising because of immature critical thinking skills and impulse inhibition. Ads also promote intake of foods that contribute to dental caries.
Diet	Folkvord F. et al. [36]	Review	Unhealthy food is advertised intensively on several media platforms that are increasingly used by children. This contributes to the obesity epidemic.
Diet	Sacks G. et al. [37]	Clinical Study	Exposure to the marketing of unhealthy products, on social media is associated with a higher risk of related unhealthy behaviors. Analysis of the advertising policies of the 16 largest social media platforms proved them ineffective in protecting children and adolescents from exposure to the digital marketing of unhealthy food.
Diet	Tan L. et al. [38]	Clinical Study	Unhealthy food marketing to children is a key risk factor for childhood obesity. Analysis of ads encountered in YouTube videos targeted at children revealed that food and beverage ads appeared most frequently with more than half of these promoting noncore or unhealthy foods.
Diet	Murphy G. et al. [39]	Clinical Study	Adolescents respond more positively to unhealthy food advertising compared to healthy food or non-food advertising.
Diet	Lutfeali S. et al. [40]	Clinical Study	Heavy social media users (>3 h/day) were 6.366 times more willing to comment on ads compared to light users (p < 0.001).
Diet	Khan M. et al. [41]	Clinical Study	The food industry has intensified online advertising focused on children during COVID-19 pandemic, helping the widespread of weight gain.
Diet	Khajeheian D. et al. [42]	Clinical Study	Students, in primary school and high school, who spend more time using social media, exhibit a greater increase in BMI.
Diet Sleep	Mazur A. et al. [43]	Clinical Study	Obesity correlated to junk food advertisement and a more sedentary lifestyle promoted by social media use. Poor or deregulated sleep affects the regulation of energy balance representing a risk factor for childhood obesity.
Diet	Custers K. et al. [44]	Review	Raising in the presence of pro-eating disorder content on websites and social media, which correlates of eating disturbances.
Diet Cyberbullying Psychological problems Body image Physical activity	Borzekowski D.L.G. et al. [45]	Review	Constant media access and exposure to unhealthy and risky media messages may increase the interactions, facilitating cyberbullying and exacerbating body image apprehension promoting poor nutrition, psychological problems, and leading to a more sedentary lifestyle.
Diet Body image	Moorman E.L. et al. [46]	Clinical Study	Greater use the internet sources for nutritional information is related to greater disordered eating.
Diet Sleep Online grooming	Purves R.I. et al. [47]	Clinical Study	Alcohol brands on social media portray drinking identities, appealing for young adolescent and with the potential risk to peer group acceptance.