Madeleine West has revealed she can't bear to look at red carpet photos that were taken during the height of her Neighbours ...

Back then, Koziol was deep in the grips of an eating disorder that shattered her adolescence. Now, she’s suing the social ...

They might seem like harmless fun but in fact they can reinforce dangerous ideas about food, weight and body image.

PARIS — Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake, dangerous advice about diet and nutrition, experts warn. Young ...

A core principle of CBT-E is that eating disorders are not just about food or weight—they’re rooted in how teens evaluate themselves. Many adolescents link their self-worth almost entirely to ...

In 2023, for instance, the National Eating Disorders Association came under scrutiny after shutting down its national helpline and announcing that a chatbot would take its place.

These disorders include binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa. Meanwhile, more than (18.9%) are affected by body dissatisfaction, a for some types of eating disorders.

Tens of millions of adults and teens in the U.S. are affected by a wide range of mental health disorders. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health notes that some of the most common ones ...

"YouTube taught me how to have an eating disorder," says the 17-year-old, whose lawsuit accuses YouTube of knowingly perpetuating anorexia. She says she created a YouTube account when she was 12.

Mental health issues among teenagers are increasingly common nowadays. Whether it is anxiety or eating disorders, self-image-related issues, or ADHD, teens today navigate complex environments that ...

And when you live in a fatphobic society, fatphobia and pro-eating disorder content will be what teens see. These videos prey on viewers who have already internalized their messages.