Application Awareness
source: http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/10/26/application-awareness/
They can navigate you safely to your destination, identify a song playing in the background, and keep you busy with endless games while riding the bus to work or school, but some Smart Phone applications are not so helpful and could become harmful to their users. Eating disorder experts have observed that new handheld applications, designed to aid users in reaching weight loss goals, can easily perpetuate a serious eating disorder (ED) or become the catalyst for the development of an ED in those who are at-risk....
Read more at http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/10/26/application-awareness/
Read more at http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/2009/10/26/application-awareness/
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- groups:
- Community, Tech, Technology
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- tags:
- iPhone, Body Image, Smart Phones, Eating Disorder
