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A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 350 participants aged 14\u201325 years. Two pre-validated tools were used, i.e., the Eating Attitude Test and the Social Networking Addiction Scale. SPSS was used to analyze the data. Out of the 350 students, 42% had probable eating disorders, and 41.7% had social media addictions. The findings revealed that the chances of having eating disorders were significantly higher among youths who lived in separate places, smoked, and had a family history of eating disorders (p \u2264 0.05). Furthermore, the dieting domain displayed notably higher scores for youths living separately (p \u2264 0.05) and smokers (p \u2264 0.01). Moreover, the scores for bulimia and food preoccupation were significantly higher among participants who were married (p = 0.038), were smokers (p = 0.027), and had a family history of eating disorders (p = 0.001). Higher scores in the oral control domain were reported by females (p \u2264 0.05) and severely obese youths (p \u2264 0.01). Moreover, social media addiction was significantly higher among students aged 18\u201321 (p \u2264 0.01). Spearman\u2019s correlation revealed that social media addiction has a weak positive relationship with eating disorders (r = 0.133, p \u2264 0.01), particularly bulimia and food preoccupation (r = 0.173, p \u2264 0.001). 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