LEVERAGING HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION THEORIES TO SUPPORT ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULTS: CONCEPTUALIZING SOCIAL MEDIA WELLNESS IN RELATION TO DISORDERED EATING

Leveraging Health Behavior and Communication Theories to Support Adolescent and Young Adults: Conceptualizing Social Media Wellness in Relation to Disordered Eating

Social media platforms like Instagram serve as an important mechanism for transmitting social information and influence.However, the nature and use of these platforms are known to perpetuate eating disorders (EDs) or further disorder eating symptoms.This concept paper proposes merging health behavior and communication theory to create a comprehensi

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White Opaque Substance, a New Optical Marker on Magnifying Endoscopy: Usefulness in Diagnosing Colorectal Epithelial Neoplasms

Background/Aims A white substance that is opaque to endoscopic light is sometimes observed in the epithelium during narrowband imaging with magnifying endoscopy of gastric or colorectal epithelial neoplasms.This prospective observational study aimed to determine whether the morphology of the white opaque substance (WOS) allows differential diagnosi

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