Disordered Eating
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AI Nutrition Coaching's Flawed Promise: Personalization Risks Revealed
In a concerning trend, teenagers relying on AI models for meal plans are reportedly consuming too few calories, exposing the immediate dangers of unverified digital diet advice.

Intuitive Eating vs. Dieting: Which Approach Boosts Well-being?
A one-point higher Intuitive Eating score at baseline was associated with 74% lower odds of binge eating at follow-up, demonstrating its powerful protective effect against disordered eating behaviors.

Fitspiration drives disordered eating, harms body image.
A recent meta-analysis of 26 studies, involving 6,111 young adults aged 18-33, found that consuming fitspiration content led to poorer body image, increased negative emotions, greater social compariso

Orthorexia Nervosa: Signs, Risks, and Identification Challenges
Over half of individuals (55.

Promoting Universal Diets Is Unethical. Here's Why.
The popular 'processed equals bad' food narrative, often presented as scientific truth, is actively fueling guilt, anxiety, and disordered eating, particularly among lower-income populations who rely