From self-consciousness to eating disorders, twins speak out about how unsolicited comments about physical appearance is toxic when it comes to their mental health
Dietician Imogen Wolsey describes how her obsession with gut health took the fun out of her twenties
Anorexia can prove fatal. The numbers of those suffering from it are on the rise, yet there are still many misconceptions about it.
Is #fitspo just as harmful as #thinspo?
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Artefact explores whether both hashtags can be as damaging as each other.
We need to talk about food
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We need to talk about the way we talk about food and diet
Eating disorders: The declining prospect of help
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Seeking help for such a secretive disorder, is like killing away your only friend, but with the lack of funding, is help really effective?
Misplaced, misunderstood and self-harming
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It isn’t just your socially inadequate ’emo’, or your average teenage girl who self-harms as the typical stereotype would suggest.
Instagram is the social network deemed the most detrimental to the mental well-being of young adults, but are memes about mental health helpful or harmful?
Social media's link to eating disorders
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Artefact examines whether representations of body image on social media are to blame.