The Thin Web Line. New technologies and promotion of unhealthy behaviors
Eating disorders and Pro-Ana(pro-anorexia) subculture. How to fight against them
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32437/mhgcj.v1i1.31Keywords:
pro-ana, pro-mia, thinspiration, thin, mental health, health behaviorAbstract
On the one hand, this research tries to show the proliferation and promotion of content that encourages eating-risk behaviors in adolescents and the growth of a social current and subculture that supports and promotes these contents on the other hand, it proposes initiatives that may help to better understand this phenomenon and what to do
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