id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-317167-hzcl1hw3 Rodgers, Rachel F. The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on eating disorder risk and symptoms 2020-06-01 .txt text/plain 2758 115 39 The current COVID‐19 pandemic has created a global context likely to increase eating disorder (ED) risk and symptoms, decrease factors that protect against EDs, and exacerbate barriers to care. Media use, including social media, is associated with increased risk for disordered eating in particular through exposure to thin idealand diet culture-related content as well as food advertising (Boswell & Kober, 2016; Levine & Murnen, 2009; Rodgers & Melioli, 2016) . In addition to these specific fears created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation has substantially increased general levels of stress and emotional distress (Brooks et al., 2020) , which are key risks for disordered eating (Puccio, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Ong, & Krug, 2016) , including in the context of traumatic societal events (Harada et al., 2015; Rodgers et al., 2012) . ./cache/cord-317167-hzcl1hw3.txt ./txt/cord-317167-hzcl1hw3.txt