An overview study of the social media, adolescent women and eating disorders
un panorama de estudio
Keywords:
Eating Disorders (ED), Social Networking Sites (SNS), Body image, Adolescent women, Gender perspectiveAbstract
Based on a review of 120 studies between 2008 and 2022, from 6 databases, this documentary research aims to describe and analyze studies about Eating Disorders (ED) in adolescent women, and that include Social Networking Sites (SNS) as part of the sociocultural context of these conditions. Likewise, the relationship of SNS and ED is problematized. SNS participate in the construction of body image; while ED are recognized as a public health problem. Therefore, the interdisciplinary approach becomes necessary. The results indicate the relationship between time, as well as the use of the Internet and SNS with the desire to lose weight and with an ED; especially in women. However, SNS can participate in many ways with regard to this health problem in adolescence. In addition, the discrepancies between gender and socio-cultural elements are necessary to consider in this issue. Finally, the deficiency is exhibited in studies located in Latin America, so it is pertinent to research on ED and SNS in adolescent women taking into account the particular social, cultural and ethnic elements of that geographical position.
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