Images promoting potentially life-threatening eating disorders are thriving on Instagram and need to be cracked down on in the same way as graphic self-harm images, leading charities and experts have said. The director of external affairs for the eating disorder charity Beat said content promoting anorexia and bulimia was prevalent online. “People will not develop an eating disorder by being exposed to images that glamorise eating disorders, but research shows that such content helps perpetuate the illnesses for people who are already suffering. She said: “We have to take down graphic images of eating disorders … There is good evidence those most vulnerable are likely to access those sorts of sites. “When my eating disorder and depression were at their worst, I scoured apps like Instagram to find these images which only worsened my self-image.

Source: The Guardian February 08, 2019 16:16 UTC