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Boys Have Eating Disorders, Too. Doctors Think Social Media Is Making It Worse.
FAMILY & TECH: JULIE JARGON
Boys Have Eating Disorders, Too. Doctors Think Social Media Is Making It Worse.
Griffin Henry, a promising young baseball player from Missouri, had his dreams derailed by anorexia
By Julie Jargon
https://twitter.com/juliejargon
Julie.Jargon@wsj.com
Nov. 13, 2021 9:00 am ET
Eating disorders are on the rise among boys, say doctors, who think images and videos on social media are a factor.
Pediatric wards are seeing more eating-disorder cases overall, with boys making up an increasing share of patients. Cases with boys are often more severe than with girls, the doctors say, because boys’ disorders often go unnoticed until they are far along, and because eating disorders are largely believed to mostly affect young women.
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Boys Have Eating Disorders, Too. Doctors Think Social Media Is Making It Worse.
Griffin Henry, a promising young baseball player from Missouri, had his dreams derailed by anorexia
By Julie Jargon
https://twitter.com/juliejargon
Julie.Jargon@wsj.com
Nov. 13, 2021 9:00 am ET
Eating disorders are on the rise among boys, say doctors, who think images and videos on social media are a factor.
Pediatric wards are seeing more eating-disorder cases overall, with boys making up an increasing share of patients. Cases with boys are often more severe than with girls, the doctors say, because boys’ disorders often go unnoticed until they are far along, and because eating disorders are largely believed to mostly affect young women.
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