First large-scale analysis of pro-eating disorder websites conducted

Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 14:50 in Mathematics & Economics

Web sites that promote anorexia and bulimia offer interactive communities where site users can encourage one another in unhealthy eating behaviors, yet the majority of these sites also recognize eating disorders as a disease, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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