Published on in Vol 5 , No 10 (2017) :October

Desire to Be Underweight: Exploratory Study on a Weight Loss App Community and User Perceptions of the Impact on Disordered Eating Behaviors

Desire to Be Underweight: Exploratory Study on a Weight Loss App Community and User Perceptions of the Impact on Disordered Eating Behaviors

Desire to Be Underweight: Exploratory Study on a Weight Loss App Community and User Perceptions of the Impact on Disordered Eating Behaviors

Elizabeth Victoria Eikey   1 , PhD ;   Madhu C Reddy   2 , PhD ;   Kayla M Booth   3 , BA ;   Lynette Kvasny   4 , PhD ;   Johnna L Blair   4 , BS ;   Victor Li   5 , MS ;   Erika S Poole   6 , PhD

1 Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, US

2 Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US

3 School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, US

4 College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, US

5 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US

6 Healthwise, Boise, ID, US

Corresponding Author:

  • Elizabeth Victoria Eikey, PhD
  • Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
  • Department of Informatics
  • University of California, Irvine
  • 6095 Donald Bren Hall
  • Irvine, CA, 92697-3440
  • US
  • Phone: 1 9494381337
  • Email: eikeye@uci.edu