"I just want to be skinny.": A content analysis of tweets expressing eating disorder symptoms.

There is increasing concern about online communities that promote eating disorder (ED) behaviors through messages and/or images that encourage a "thin ideal" (i.e., promotion of thinness as attractive) and harmful weight loss/weight control practices. The purpose of this paper is to assess...

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Main Authors: Patricia A Cavazos-Rehg, Melissa J Krauss, Shaina J Costello, Nina Kaiser, Elizabeth S Cahn, Ellen E Fitzsimmons-Craft, Denise E Wilfley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207506