Social Media Use May Be Associated With Eating Disorders Among Young Teens, Study Indicates

HealthDay (12/5, Holmes) reports, “The more often young teens turn to social media, the more prone they are to eating disorders,” researchers concluded after looking “at close to 1,000 middle school students and their use of four social media networks: Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Tumblr.” The findings were published online Dec. 4 in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Healio (12/5, Gramigna) also covers the study.

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— “More Teen Time on Social Media, More Eating Disorders?, “Rich Holmes, HealthDay, December 5, 2019

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