Eating Disorders

  • Read more: Instagram and the Regulation of Eating Disorder Communities
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    Instagram and the Regulation of Eating Disorder Communities

    By Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair I’m sure not how much time the average health law enthusiast spends on Instagram, but as a rare opportunity to see health regulation in real-time, I’d encourage logging onto the site, which curates content based on user profiles and by tags, and searching for the following tags; #thinspo, #thighgap, and #eatingdisorder. The…

  • Read more: No Doctor for the Obese?
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    No Doctor for the Obese?

    By Nir Eyal Yesterday, Boston public radio station WBUR interviewed a Massachusetts primary care physician who refuses to admit new obese patients. She claims that it’s because she lacks proper equipment, but she seems to have mixed motives. Earlier she had admitted that it’s rather because she feels that if they don’t lose the weight, “I’m paying the cost of other people’s…