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The quality of human resources is the main focus on national’s development. The optimization of human’s growth and development starts early from pregnancy, childhood and followed along the adolescence. Adolescence is characterized by massive growth and development requiring high nutrition. The world is now facing the industrial revolution 4.0 that facilitates interconnectivity, collaboration and information change, such as social media. Social media can be the source of burden on adolescent’s appearance with high exposure of ideal body image. As a result, adolescent is attempted to achieve ideal weight by unhealthy diet. This study aims to identify and summarize the impact of social media to adolescent’s dietary habits based on the previous researches. We conducted a systematic search of 5 online databases (ProQuest, PubMed, Springer Link, Science Direct, dan Scopus) using the PRISMA Protocol. We search for studies that include participant’s age of 10- 24 years old, social media exposure and outcome of dietary habits. From the total of 421 records, we identified 6 articles that met our criteria. Adolescent’s high internet usage effected on their eating choices and habits, such as the consumption of unhealthy food and beverages. Moreover, dissatisfaction of their body image were also associated with eating disorder, such as orthorexia nervosa symptoms. Social media intensity affected the strength of the association. The heavy utilization of social media on adolescent requires anticipation by giving the right education to their dietary and eating choices.

Adolescent; social media; dietary habit