Exposure to certain videos on TikTok could put women at a higher risk of developing eating disorders, a study has suggested. Researchers warned there must be “effective controls” put in place on the ...

TikTok commits to evolving safeguards around content that can trigger eating disorders. (Getty Images) TikTok is looking into new ways to keep harmful pro-starvation and anorexia videos off its ...

TikTok has grown to be one of the top social platforms for teenagers. With the boundless range of videos touching on wellness, food, fashion and more, it’s been a place for teens and young adults to ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Meta, Instagram’s parent company, derives an estimated $227.9 million in revenue from followers within the pro-eating disorder ecosystem, according to the report. A report published this month by ...

The glorification of dangerous thinness is a long-standing problem in American culture, and it is especially bad on the internet, where users can find an unending stream of extreme dieting ...

Child advocacy group Fairplay published the report Thursday, examining 90,000 accounts accused of promoting eating disorders in what it calls a “bubble.” Accounts in the bubble collectively have some ...

Drink ice-cold water ("your body has to burn calories to keep your temperature up") and hot water with bullion cubes ("only 5 calories a cube, and they taste wonderful"). When a food craving strikes, ...

Instagram amplifies pro-eating disorder content to users in a way that fosters a harmful interconnected community that includes teen and underaged users, according to a report released Thursday by ...

Like many young women in the early 2000s, I was caught up in the diet culture whirlpool. My bedroom floor was littered with mainstream magazines filled with images of stars at the beach labelled “too ...

Online pro-eating-disorder communities are often targeted by sexual predators. Experts spoke to Insider about the link between eating disorders and grooming. Warning: This story discusses eating ...