Exposure to certain videos on TikTok could put women at a higher risk of developing eating disorders, a study has suggested. Researchers warned there must be “effective controls” put in place on the ...

The glorification of dangerous thinness is a long-standing problem in American culture, and it is especially bad on the internet, where users can find an unending stream of extreme dieting ...

Eating disorders (EDs) are psychiatric illnesses involving disordered relationships with food and pathological body weight/shape dissatisfaction. As both psychological and biological illnesses, EDs ...

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There is no single cause of eating disorders. However, research suggests that social media may sometimes be a contributing factor, as some content on social media platforms can promote thinness and ...

Instagram amplifies pro-eating disorder content to users in a way that fosters a harmful interconnected community that includes teen and underaged users, according to a report released Thursday by ...

“Most of the large social-media platforms have been aware of this reality for years and have undertaken at least basic measures to address it…X is not only hosting eating-disorder content but actively ...