Open Accesse-Ana and e-Mia: A Content Analysis of Pro–Eating Disorder Web Sites
Author(s) -
Dina L.G. Borzekowski,
Summer Schenk,
Jenny Wilson,
Rebecka Peebles
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.172700
Subject(s) - eating disorders , anorexia , harm , web site , the internet , psychology , disordered eating , world wide web , internet privacy , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , pathology
The Internet offers Web sites that describe, endorse, and support eating disorders. We examined the features of pro-eating disorder Web sites and the messages to which users may be exposed.