Using Smartphones When Eating Increases Caloric Intake in Young People: An Overview of the Literature

Marra, Marco La; Caviglia, Giorgio; Perrella, Raffaella

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.587886

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“…In individuals showing aberrant eating behaviors, projections between PFC and hypothalamic circuits appear relevant to modulation of hunger and satiety signals, while striatal and ventral midbrain circuits seem to be relevant for reward processing [ 64 , 72 , 73 ]. Moreover, in these patients, such neural circuits could affect feeding behaviors, leading to difficulty in planning regular eating patterns, and inability to delay gratification or inhibit prepotent responses to highly palatable foods [ 33 ].…”

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Executive Functions in Overweight and Obese Treatment-Seeking Patients: Cross-Sectional Data and Longitudinal Perspectives

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Background: Recent evidence suggests that a higher body weight may be linked to cognitive impairment in different domains involving executive/frontal functioning. However, challenging results are also available. Accordingly, our study was designed to verify whether (i) poor executive functions are related to a higher body weight and (ii) executive functioning could contribute to weight loss in treatment-seeking overweight and obese patients. Methods: We examined general executive functioning, inhibitory control, verbal fluency, and psychomotor speed in a sample including 104 overweight and obese patients. Forty-eight normal-weight subjects participated in the study as controls. Results: Univariate Analysis of Variance showed that obese patients obtained lower scores than overweight and normal-weight subjects in all executive measures, except for errors in the Stroop test. However, when sociodemographic variables entered the model as covariates, no between-group difference was detected. Furthermore, an adjusted multiple linear regression model highlighted no relationship between weight loss and executive scores at baseline. Conclusions: Our results provide further evidence for the lack of association between obesity and the executive domains investigated. Conflicting findings from previous literature may likely be due to the unchecked confounding effects exerted by sociodemographic variables and inclusion/exclusion criteria.

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“…The widespread and extensive use of various screen-based electronic media in this pandemic seems to have influenced several behavioral models, such as dietary habits and the consumption of healthy foods, as recent literature highlights that the excessive use of screen time is linked with unhealthy everyday eating behaviors and patterns such as low fruit and vegetable consumption [ 28 ]; children are more prone to have an increased BMI. In contrast, using screens diverts attention away from food, leading to a less accurate amount of food ingestion and nutritional composition, thus promoting caloric intake [ 29 ]. In this study, we found that the proportion of children eating food while using digital devices was significantly higher among those with ≥2 h of screen time on smartphones and tablet/iPad.…”

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Effect of Screen Time on Physical and Mental Health and Eating Habits During COVID-19 Lockdown in Lebanon

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Objective This study aimed to explore whether screen time and the screen type impacted various health aspects of children, including physical activity (PA), sleep quality, and eating habits. Additionally, we investigated whether children’s eating behavior while using electronic devices affects their physical and mental health.Methods We conducted an online survey asking for screen use (duration, type, and purpose), PA, eating habits, sleep problems, and level of depression. The participants were children between the ages of 3 and 7 years, and the survey was answered by the participants’ parents from March 3 to March 20, 2021.Results A screen time of ≥2 h in children was associated with various clinical characteristics, such as body mass index (BMI), sleep problems, depression, decreased PA, and unusual eating habits. Children’s food eating behavior while using electronic devices was predicted by a total screen time ≥2 h, smartphone screen time ≥2 h, sleep problems, owning electronic devices, and eating unhealthy food.Conclusion There was an interplay among children’s PAs, eating behaviors, depression, sleep problems, and screen time in this pandemic era. Therefore, guiding children on the correct use of electronic devices and helping them eat healthy are paramount during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…The mPFC was found to support the ability to recall the most appropriate motor and/or emotional response to specific events in a particular place and time. The ventral portion of mPFC is strongly interconnected with the anterior insula, which is involved in pain perception [ 60 ] and with the later habenula that, in concert with the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) and other regions of the dopamine network, plays a pivotal role in activating learned and adaptive responses to stressful/painful and to rewarding/motivationally salient events [ 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 ].…”

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Objective Knowledge Mediates the Relationship between the Use of Social Media and COVID-19-Related False Memories

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The exposure to relevant social and/or historical events can increase the generation of false memories (FMs). The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a calamity challenging health, political, and journalistic bodies, with media generating confusion that has facilitated the spread of fake news. In this respect, our study aims at investigating the relationships between memories (true memories, TMs vs. FMs) for COVID-19-related news and different individual variables (i.e., use of traditional and social media, COVID-19 perceived and objective knowledge, fear of the disease, depression and anxiety symptoms, reasoning skills, and coping mechanisms). One hundred and seventy-one university students (131 females) were surveyed. Overall, our results suggested that depression and anxiety symptoms, reasoning skills, and coping mechanisms did not affect the formation of FMs. Conversely, the fear of loved ones contracting the infection was found to be negatively associated with FMs. This finding might be due to an empathy/prosociality-based positive bias boosting memory abilities, also explained by the young age of participants. Furthermore, objective knowledge (i) predicted an increase in TMs and decrease in FMs and (ii) significantly mediated the relationships between the use of social media and development of both TMs and FMs. In particular, higher levels of objective knowledge strengthened the formation of TMs and decreased the development of FMs following use of social media. These results may lead to reconsidering the idea of social media as the main source of fake news. This claim is further supported by either the lack of substantial differences between the use of traditional and social media among participants reporting FMs or the positive association between use of social media and levels of objective knowledge. The knowledge about the topic rather than the type of source would make a difference in the process of memory formation.

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Using Smartphones When Eating Increases Caloric Intake in Young People: An Overview of the Literature

Cited by 29 publications

References 73 publications

Executive Functions in Overweight and Obese Treatment-Seeking Patients: Cross-Sectional Data and Longitudinal Perspectives

Executive Functions in Overweight and Obese Treatment-Seeking Patients: Cross-Sectional Data and Longitudinal Perspectives

Effect of Screen Time on Physical and Mental Health and Eating Habits During COVID-19 Lockdown in Lebanon

Objective Knowledge Mediates the Relationship between the Use of Social Media and COVID-19-Related False Memories

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