Searching for eating disorder-related topics on the internet: what distinguishes symptomatic from asymptomatic women?

Katarina Prnjak; Ivan Jukic

doi:10.1080/15398285.2019.1647072

Searching for eating disorder-related topics on the internet: what distinguishes symptomatic from asymptomatic women?

Katarina Prnjak^*, Ivan Jukic

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine what topics searched on the Internet can differentiate between women symptomatic and asymptomatic for eating disorder (ED). Two-hundred-twenty-eight women (M_age = 30.5 ± 9.43) completed a measure of ED and frequency of online seeking for ED-related topics. ED symptomatic women more frequently searched ED-related topics online. The most discriminating topic was Food, which was accentuated among women who recently experienced significant weight-loss and those who reported food dominance in their life. More attention should be devoted to Internet use in women since this online searching behavior might be a good indicator of potential ED.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-226
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
Volume	23
Issue number	3
Early online date	13 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15398285.2019.1647072
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Diet
Female
Feeding and eating disorders
Internet
Weight-loss

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