Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the latest damning study on the negative health impacts of social media, researchers have linked TikTok use to an increased ...

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 ...

Meta, Instagram’s parent company, derives an estimated $227.9 million in revenue from followers within the pro-eating disorder ecosystem, according to the report. A report published this month by ...

TikTok is failing to protect young users from dangerous content promoting eating disorders, according to a new report, despite being warned by researchers that the posts were receiving millions of ...

If they aren’t careful—or potentially even if they are—TikTok’s youngest users could find themselves bombarded with dangerous video content within minutes of joining the platform, a new study claims.

Child advocacy group Fairplay published the report Thursday, examining 90,000 accounts accused of promoting eating disorders in what it calls a “bubble.” Accounts in the bubble collectively have some ...

June 23, 2010 — Pro–eating disorder websites, which continue to present graphic images and content in an effort to encourage anorexia and bulimia behaviors, should be closely watched by clinicians, ...

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