"Adolescents should limit social media that encourages eating disorders and appearance comparisons. Parents can play an important role by developing Family Media Use Plans and holding open conversations about problematic screen use and disordered eating concerns," says Nagata. The study builds on existing...
Three quarters of girls surveyed and 69.9 percent of boys said they used at least one social media platform despite half the respondents being younger than 13 -- the minimum age for most platforms. "A key component of preventing eating disorders is to give the message that our self-worth sho...
Eating disorders are on the rise with a significant impact on mental health. Misuse of social media platforms is likely a significant contributing factor. This trend is especially pronounced among adolescents, who are increasingly using social media platforms for communications,...
“adolescents should limit social media that encourages eating disorders and appearance comparisons,” nagata concluded. “parents can play an important role by developing family media use plans and holding open conversations about problematic screen use and disordered eating concerns.”...
social media, parents may find it useful to implement strategies that lessen its potential negative effects. Limiting teens’ use of these platforms may be one beneficial approach. It may also be beneficial to seek the help of a mental health professional in person or online, especially if ...
that promote the ideology of eating disorders being a lifestyle choice instead of a mental illness. A spokesman of Instagram stated, 'We do not tolerate content that encourages eating disorders and we use powerful tools and technologies - including in-app reporting and machine learning- to help ...
Eatingdisorderscan often be fatal illnesses. With such an overwhelming percentage of modern childhood interacting with social media, the risks could have generational consequences if ignored. Understanding factors contributing to pathology allows researchers, parents, educators, policymakers, and health care ...
Recent research has shown that early adverse experiences can be an important risk factor for eating disorders. However, the role of early shame memories and how they are structured as traumatic and central memories to self-identity in eating disorders has never been investigated. This study explores...
To the Editor.— We read with great interest the article by Halmi and colleagues1 in which the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a group of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) was presented. Social phobia (SP) was present at some point in 21 (33.9%) of these 62 patients. ...
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