Some of us go to websites dedicated to eating disorders in search of dietary advice. Psychologist Dina Borzekowski, Professor of the Department of Public Behavior and Health at the Graduate School of Public Health named after
Some of us go to websites dedicated to eating disorders in search of dietary advice. Psychologist Dina Borzekowski, Professor of the Department of Public Behavior and Health at the Graduate School of Public Health named after Bloomberg (USA), analyzed 180 special sites and forums and claims that most of them bring only harm*. Almost all of them directly or indirectly support the idea of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthinness, approve of exhausting exercise, fasting, constant bowel cleansing, and even give advice on how to hide the process of losing weight from loved ones. By visiting these sites, healthy people involuntarily begin to feel dissatisfied with their body and restrict themselves in nutrition. “You should not try to bring weight back to normal by joining communities that unite people with anorexia or bulimia,” says the psychologist, “it’s better to turn to specialists.”
* American Journal of Public Health, June 2010.