Custers Kathleen
Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Parkstraat 45, Box 3603, 3000, Leuven, Belgium,
Eur J Pediatr. 2015 Apr;174(4):429-33. doi: 10.1007/s00431-015-2487-7. Epub 2015 Jan 30.
During the last decade, much concern has been expressed about online pro-eating disorder communities (e.g., pro-anorexia websites and blogs) which encourage their users to engage in disordered eating behavior. The aim of the current paper is to reemphasize the importance of pro-eating disorder communities in light of the recent changes in the media landscape. With the increase of social networking sites, pro-anorexia messages have transplanted to more volatile and constantly changing media, such as Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and many others. Most parents, educators, and health professionals are unaware of the sheer scope and nature of such pro-anorexia messages in these new contexts. The current paper will provide a review of pro-eating disorder websites, overview the effects of such websites on young people's health, examine the emergence of these messages on social media platforms, and highlight a number of guidelines for clinicians and parents.
The dissemination of online pro-eating disorder content to different types of social networking sites is becoming an urgent issue.
• Existing research on pro-eating disorder websites examines the prevalence and the content of these websites, and the effects of pro-eating disorder content on both clinical (eating disordered individuals) and non-clinical samples (non-eating disordered individuals). • The scope and nature of such anorexia messages is unknown to most adults, and many people (including parents and medical professionals) are insufficiently aware of the ease with which young people access, navigate, and use a wide range of online platforms.
• Pro-anorexia messages are no longer limited to websites that can be easily monitored, but instead have been transplanted to more volatile and constantly changing media such as Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Tumblr which makes pro-eating disorder content much more easily accessible. • This paper wants to emphasize the implications of the presence of pro-eating disorder content on websites and social media. A number of guidelines for parents and clinicians are provided.
在过去十年中，人们对鼓励用户进行饮食失调行为的网络饮食失调支持群体（如支持神经性厌食症的网站和博客）表达了诸多担忧。本文旨在鉴于近期媒体格局的变化，重新强调饮食失调支持群体的重要性。随着社交网站的增加，支持神经性厌食症的信息已转移到更不稳定且不断变化的媒体上，如阅后即焚（Snapchat）、推特（Twitter）、脸书（Facebook）、照片墙（Instagram）、拼趣（Pinterest）等。大多数家长、教育工作者和健康专业人员并不知晓这些支持神经性厌食症的信息在这些新环境中的规模和性质。本文将对饮食失调支持群体网站进行综述，概述此类网站对年轻人健康的影响，研究这些信息在社交媒体平台上的出现情况，并为临床医生和家长突出一些指导方针。
将网络饮食失调内容传播到不同类型的社交网站正成为一个紧迫问题。
• 关于饮食失调支持群体网站的现有研究考察了这些网站的流行程度和内容，以及饮食失调内容对临床样本（饮食失调个体）和非临床样本（非饮食失调个体）的影响。• 大多数成年人并不了解此类厌食症信息的规模和性质，许多人（包括家长和医学专业人员）对年轻人访问、浏览和使用各种在线平台的便捷程度认识不足。
• 支持神经性厌食症的信息不再局限于易于监测的网站，而是转移到了更不稳定且不断变化的媒体上，如阅后即焚、推特、脸书、拼趣和汤博乐（Tumblr），这使得饮食失调内容更容易获取。• 本文旨在强调饮食失调内容在网站和社交媒体上存在的影响。为家长和临床医生提供了一些指导方针。
