Over the last 50 years, in parallel with the obesity epidemic, the prevalence of eating
disorders has increased and presentations have changed. In this narrative review, we …

Eating disorders (EDs) constitute a mental illness with the highest mortality. Today, mobile
health apps provide promising means to ED patients for managing their condition. Apps …

Intermittent fasting has grown in popularity over the past several years. However, intermittent
fasting has also been shown to relate to eating disorder behaviors and psychopathology, yet …

Objective Social media plays an important role in everyday life of young people. Numerous
studies claim negative effects of social media and media in general on eating disorder risk …

Background: Healthy eating and fitness mobile apps are designed to promote healthier
living. However, for young people, body dissatisfaction is commonplace, and these types of …

For individuals with mental illness, social media platforms are considered spaces for sharing
and connection. However, not all expressions of mental illness are treated equally on these …

We report co-design workshops with registered dietitians conducted to identify opportunities
for designing customizable food trackers. Dietitians typically see patients who have different …

Mobile health applications ('health apps') that promise the user to help her with some aspect
of her health are very popular: for-profit apps such as MyFitnessPal, Fitbit, or Headspace …

This is a book about health apps. At the same time, it is a book about a larger, more general
development of which health apps are but a symptom. I want to start this introduction by …

Background: Youth in developed countries face the contradictory health problems of obesity
and an excessive desire for weight loss. Developing a better health attitude for college …