Jason Nagata, MD
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Jason Nagata, MD
@jasonmnagata.bsky.social
Pediatrician • Adolescent Medicine • Associate Professor
@UCSF • Eating Disorders, Screen Time, Social Media Research
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Academic Pediatrics!

🏡 Lower neighborhood quality is associated with higher total #screentime, over and above other factors

🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/neighborhoodscreen @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How will generative #AI shape the next generation’s health?

Our new @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Viewpoint in
@jamapediatrics.com explores potential benefits & risks for adolescents across cognition, mental health, body image, & social connection.

🔗 tinyurl.com/8y3nh2dc @smahrteam.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @jama.com!

Underage social media use linked to lower reading and memory scores - even low levels of social media exposure were linked to poorer cognitive performance

🔗 tinyurl.com/3vnpw4p3 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in the Journal of Eating Disorders!

Weight #discrimination associated with #eatingdisorder symptoms one year later

🔗 tinyurl.com/mjrzemuu @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @barnhartwr.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Current Pediatrics Reports!

Potential benefits of #SocialMedia use and how to balance them

🔗 tinyurl.com/smhealthbene... @smahrteam.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📣 Join our webinar tomorrow: "From Insights to Action: the Second @thelancet.com Commission on #AdolescentHealth and Wellbeing" @lancetchildadol.bsky.social @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ighsatucsf.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social ‪@cforah.bsky.social‬ #IAAH
➡️ Register: mcri.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Current Psychiatry Reports and at #MediaAndMinds25!

A review of interventions aimed at reducing #MentalHealth effects of problematic #SocialMedia use among adolescents 🔗 tinyurl.com/psmuinterventions @childrenandscreens.bsky.social @smahrteam.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Sleep Health!

Bedtime #screenuse, #sleep outcomes, and #sociodemographic associations
➡️ 71% of teens had an Internet-connected device in their bedroom
➡️ 25% were woken up in the past week by notifications

🔗 tinyurl.com/cr66wrzk @sleepfoundation.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
📣 New editorial in @jama.com!

Findings from Xiao et al. highlight the importance of measuring addictive screen use beyond screen time alone

✍️ Many thanks to co-authors Christiane Helmer and Abubakr Al-Shoaibi 🔗 tinyurl.com/3w7xmrxj @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New in @lancetchildadol.bsky.social with @thelancet.com commission on #adolescenthealth!

☑️ A checklist for reporting youth engagement in peer-reviewed research!

🔗 tinyurl.com/mayecheck @davidimbago.bsky.social @shakirachoonara.bsky.social @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @JAMANetworkOpen!

↗️ Increases in #social media use were followed by greater #depressive symptoms—but not the other way around

🔗 tinyurl.com/3fsfeeav @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
May 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
April 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
March 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study!

#Cyberbullying victimization associated with greater #manic symptoms in #adolescents

🔗tinyurl.com/cybermanic @testaalex.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
February 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social sky.social study in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Several forms of #discrimination linked to higher odds of developing #OCD

🔗 tinyurl.com/discrimocd @testaalex.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study!

📱 Greater #ScreenTime linked to higher #manic symptoms 2 years later

✍️ Gabriel Zamora, Abubakr Al-Shoaibi, Jason Lavender, @kyletganson.bsky.social, @testaalex.bsky.social, Jinbo He, Fiona Baker 🔗 tinyurl.com/screenmania #bipolar @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @biomedcentral.bsky.social #Pediatrics

Parent, mealtime, and bedroom #ScreenUse associated with greater mature media consumption in young adolescents 🎮 🎞️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/maturemediaparenting @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @testaalex.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
January 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
New pub led by Phúc Phan and @thomasphongle.bsky.social! #DatingApp (#Tinder, #Grindr) use is linked to #MuscleDysmorphia symptoms in queer Asian American men, but positive feelings about their race may buffer against these associations 🏳️‍🌈 📱 🔗 psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-... #LGBTQ #LGBT
January 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
While #SCOTUS considers the #TikTok ban today, our new
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study finds 2/3 of underage preteens use #socialmedia

Study link: tinyurl.com/underagetiktok #adolescenthealth #Instagram #Snapchat
January 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Academic Pediatrics!

#Transgender and #gender-questioning adolescents experience higher rates of #cyberbullying

✍️ Priya Balasubramanian, Thang Diep, Kyle Ganson, Alex Testa, Jinbo He, Fiona Baker

🔗 tinyurl.com/transcyberbu...
December 19, 2024 at 4:22 PM