Psychologists seeing 'significant increases' in young people with eating disorders linked to social media

'If you ask about dietary stuff, you're going to eventually to see bulimic and anorexic content. And it's the repetition and the constant, ever-flowing matters that leads to things like radicalisation.'

Psychologists are seeing significant increases in the number of young people, especially young women, presenting with eating disorders, linked to the online world and the "perception of not being good enough". 

The Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality met with children's rights advocates on Thursday to continue its discussions on the regulation of children’s online safety.