How phone addiction connects to stress, body image, and eating habits

Researchers want to understand whether being overly dependent on smartphones—a condition called nomophobia—is connected to stress, negative feelings about body image, and food addiction. This study will ask university students to complete questionnaires about their phone use, stress levels, and eating habits, and will also take objective body measurements like weight, body fat percentage, and waist-to-hip ratio to see if there's a mismatch between how students perceive their bodies and how they actually measure.

Smartphone addiction is increasingly common among young adults, but researchers don't yet understand how it relates to mental health, body image distortion, and eating behaviors. This study aims to fill that gap by examining these connections in detail.