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Eating Disorders (92) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1806) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (504) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (518) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1469) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (727) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (1850)

Published on in Vol 8, No 7 (2021): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24340, first published .
Examining the Pro-Eating Disorders Community on Twitter Via the Hashtag #proana: Statistical Modeling Approach

Examining the Pro-Eating Disorders Community on Twitter Via the Hashtag #proana: Statistical Modeling Approach

Examining the Pro-Eating Disorders Community on Twitter Via the Hashtag #proana: Statistical Modeling Approach

Authors of this article:

Suku Sukunesan1 Author Orcid Image ;   Minh Huynh2 Author Orcid Image ;   Gemma Sharp3 Author Orcid Image
Article Authors Cited by (18) Tweetations (18) Metrics

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  1. Sharp G, Gerrard Y. The body image “problem” on social media: Novel directions for the field. Body Image 2022;41:267 View
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  14. Sharp G, Dwyer B, Xie J, McNaney R, Shrestha P, Prawira C, Fernando A, de Boer K, Hu H. Co-design of a single session intervention chatbot for people on waitlists for eating disorder treatment: a qualitative interview and workshop study. Journal of Eating Disorders 2025;13(1) View
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