YouTube, the largest video-sharing platform, announced a new policy framework for eating disorder-related content, in the company’s latest effort to address the growing mental health crisis, especially among teens, who can often be “vulnerable viewers.”
, in the company’s latest effort to address the growing mental health crisis, especially among teens, who can often be “vulnerable viewers.”
The new policies outline prohibiting content that features “imitable behavior” for “at-risk viewers,” including content that shows or describes behavior like restricting calories, setting age restrictions on content that discusses disordered eating behavior and adding information about mental health resources under videos related to eating disorders.
"We may age-restrict content where an individual may be describing binging or purging or calorie restriction in the context of their journey through recovery, but in doing that, may be introducing or describing information that could serve as a trigger to those who may be viewing," Dr.
“We know from the data that YouTube had over 1.4 billion views on mental health content in the US in 2021 and we know that the earlier a person with an eating disorder reaches out and seeks treatment, the greater the likelihood of physical and emotional recovery,” said Sarah Chase, the vice president of communication for NEDA, in part of a statement announcing YouTube's new guidelines. “YouTube is taking a further step in the right direction toward helping NEDA with our mission.
Disordered eating behaviors include binge-eating, purging, laxative abuse, and fasting for weight loss, which are nearly as common among males as they are among females. Nearly 28.8 million Americans will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their lives, according to
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