Meaning of pro-ED | Babel Free

Definitions

Promoting or encouraging eating disorders.

not-comparable

Examples

“Researchers from the university's School of Interactive Computing combed through 2.5 million pro-ED posts from 2011 to 2014, to study how the community reacted to Instagram's moderation. / The 17 pro-ED terms which were in[i]tially moderated by Instagram were adapted into hundreds of new words.”

“And as with other kinds of harmful content on the internet, platforms hosting pro-ED communities have long struggled with how to moderate them. In 2001, Yahoo removed more than 100 pro-ED sites from its servers, saying they violated its terms of service.”

“More extreme Pro-ED content promotes and glamorizes calorie restriction, extreme exercise, or purging with the help of laxative tea. […] People are more susceptible than ever to the toxic effects of pro-ED content.”

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