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, United States

2 Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States

3 School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

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

5 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

6 Healthwise, Boise, ID, United States

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
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 9494381337
  • Email: eikeye@uci.edu