Public health professionals are sounding the alarm about social media and its potential to cause eating disorders in young people. These teenagers form online communities to discuss their habits and swap tips on how to stay skinny, using creative hashtags and abbreviations to get around the filters that the platforms have in place to prevent this type of behavior.

For more on these trends,KCBS News Anchor Eric Thomas spoke with Dr. Khadijah Booth Watkins, Associate Director of the Clay Center for Young Health Minds at Massachussets General Hospital

<p>Public health professionals are sounding the alarm about social media and its potential to cause eating disorders in young people. These teenagers form online communities to discuss their habits and swap tips on how to stay skinny, using creative hashtags and abbreviations to get around the filters that the platforms have in place to prevent this type of behavior.</p>
<p>For more on these trends,KCBS News Anchor Eric Thomas spoke with Dr. Khadijah Booth Watkins, Associate Director of the Clay Center for Young Health Minds at Massachussets General Hospital</p>

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