Presented by:

• Laurie Yurchuck, Executive Coordinator at National Alliance for Eating Disorders

• Ruth Elliott, Director of Clinical Services at MEDA

• Serena Nangia, Marketing & Communications Manager at Project HEAL

• Kath Stevens, Social Media Manager at Within Health

In the age of smartphones and mobile devices, we are in a media-saturated world. While there is no singular cause of disordered eating and body satisfaction, there is increasing evidence that media contributes to eating disorder development and poor self-image.1

You risk encountering triggering or harmful content with every new scroll through your newsfeed. So what can we do as professionals, people in recovery, or just as individuals, do to find safety online?

Here we’ll take you through some good social media practices, platform-specific ways of protecting yourself, being a more critical viewer of what you see online, and tips for finding your happy place online.