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Social media usage is associated with body image concerns, poor mental health and disordered eating, according to evidence from 50 studies across 17 countries

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Social media usage is associated with body image concerns, poor mental health and disordered eating, according to evidence from 50 studies across 17 countries.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001091

Article Title: The social media diet: A scoping review to investigate the association between social media, body image and eating disorders amongst young people

Author Countries: UK

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

 


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