While anorexics hop from one site to another and use everchanging hashtags to avoid bans on their pro-ana content, a new study shows that so-called thinspiration blogs could be a prelude to recovery.
As body positivity has grown in popularity on social media, eating disorders such as binge eating, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have become more understood by American society. Social media ...
In recent years, a cultural movement has emerged online that takes a positive attitude toward eating disorders. So-called pro-anorexia (or, more commonly, ‘pro-ana’) organizations differ widely.
Aside from its obvious physical manifestations, the eating disorder anorexia nervosa is a characteristically private and secretive disease. Girls suffer Aside from its obvious physical manifestations, ...
We can all celebrate a win when we see one—and TikTok's recent ban of the “SkinnyTok” hashtag is absolutely a move in the right direction. As a tenured eating disorder clinician, the promotion of ...