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How social media draws vulnerable users back to eating disorder content – new research

By Paula Saukko, Reader in Social Science and Medicine, Loughborough University
People recovering from eating disorders often use social media for support, seeking out recovery content, body-positive creators and others with similar experiences.

But recent research my colleagues and I have conducted suggests these platforms can also steer users back towards the very content they are trying to avoid.

We carried out in-depth interviews with people who had experienced eating…The Conversation


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