Data Sources

A concise, transparent list of sources used in developing this website's content and educational materials.

📌 1. National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

Usage:

Used to explain eating disorder recovery principles, calorie tracking risks, digital self-monitoring, and psychological recommendations.

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

📌 2. WHO — Youth Mental Health & Social Media Reports

Usage:

Used as background support and framework for the connection between social media and mental health. Serves as an authoritative international public health source.

📌 3. "The social media diet: A scoping review to investigate the links between social media, body image and disordered eating" (2023)

Usage:

Used to explain the correlation between social media use and body image distress, as well as disordered eating behaviors.

PMC Open Access Journal

📌 4. Instagram / TikTok Public Hashtag Trends (Public Exposure Data)

Usage:

Used to organize hashtag categories in the interactive quiz:

  • Diet/Control tags: #1200calories, #bodycheck, #clean eating
  • Recovery/Care tags: #foodfreedom, #edrecovery, #bodyacceptance

Note: Source is publicly searchable hashtag results (non-API, non-user data), used to demonstrate trend examples.

📌 5. "Food and mood: how clean eating content on social media influences affect and body satisfaction in women" (Frontiers in Psychology, 2025)

Usage:

Used to support the explanation that "#clean eating content is correlated with body dissatisfaction."

Frontiers in Psychology