Commentary on: Purba AK, Thomson RM, Henery PM, et al. Social media use and health risk behaviours in young people: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2023;383:e073552.
Implications for practice and research
Social media is part of young peoples’ (YP) everyday life including interacting with peers and sourcing information.
Multimodal methods such as online health literacy education and promoting positive health behaviours could contribute to safe social media use in YP.
Context Worldwide, young people (YP) have a notable online presence with the majority of Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) users 1 Although YP have a noticeable online presence, the impact on health behaviours remains unclear. The systematic review by Purba et al2 of social media use...
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