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- Title
Pro-eating disorder search patterns: the possible influence of celebrity eating disorder stories in the media.
- Authors
Lewis, Stephen P.; Klauninger, Laura; Marcincinova, Ivana
- Abstract
Pro eating disorder websites often contain celebrity-focused content (e.g., images) used as thinspiration to engage in unhealthy eating disorder behaviours. The current study was conducted to examine whether news media stories covering eating disorder disclosures of celebrities corresponded with increases in Internet searches for pro eating disorder material. Results indicated that search volumes for pro eating disorder terms spiked in the month immediately following such news coverage but only for particularly high-profile celebrities. Hence, there may be utility in providing recovery-oriented resources within the search results for pro-eating disorder Internet searches and within news stories of this nature.
- Subjects
INTERNET searching; EATING disorders -- Social aspects; CELEBRITIES
- Publication
Journal of Eating Disorders, 2016, Vol 4, p1
- ISSN
2050-2974
- Publication type
Letter to the Editor
- DOI
10.1186/s40337-016-0094-2