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Chapter 9 - Social Media Use, Body Image, and Eating Disorders

from Section 2 - Social Media and Mental Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2023

Allan House
Affiliation:
Emeritus, University of Leeds
Cathy Brennan
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
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Summary

In this chapter we review how social media affect body image and eating behaviour. In asking how visual images, text messages and the like alter attitudes to the body, we review evidence from experiments and observational studies. We consider whether social media produce clinically severe eating disorders or exacerbate existing ones, and whether social media can be a positive resource for people suffering from eating disorders. We discuss the options for prevention or treatment of eating disorders and body image concerns using social media or other digital resources.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Rodgers, R.F., Media and body image in children and adolescents, in Educational Research and Innovation Education in the Digital Age: Healthy and Happy Children, Burns, T. and Gottschalk, F., Editors. 2020, Paris: OECD Publishing. p. 98112.Google Scholar

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