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  • Digital Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Natural Language Processing

Background:

  • Online content significantly influences eating disorder (ED) risk perception and treatment-seeking behavior.
  • Patients increasingly rely on online resources for health information, making accessible content vital for ED prevention and care.
  • This study addresses the need to evaluate the quality and accessibility of online ED information.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantitatively assess the readability of online eating disorder content using natural language processing (NLP) algorithms.
  • To compare readability scores across English and Italian online resources related to eating disorders.
  • To evaluate the scientific support and authoritativeness of online sources.

Main Methods:

  • Searched Google® for unique terms related to specific eating disorder diagnoses.
  • Assessed content from Wikipedia pages and other online sources.
  • Applied Flesch Readability Ease (FRE) and Rate Readability Index (RIX) to measure readability.
  • Quantified scientific support and source authoritativeness using standardized variables.

Main Results:

  • Italian online content was frequently published by private institutes or commercial weight-loss sites.
  • Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder content showed the highest readability in both languages.
  • English sources featured more references (35-182) than Italian (1-163), with higher citation quality.
  • English pages had a greater percentage of citations available in the target language, primarily peer-reviewed or clinical manuals.

Conclusions:

  • Online content for Muscle Dysmorphia and Orthorexia Nervosa requires development.
  • Improving the overall readability of online eating disorder information is crucial.
  • Particular attention is needed to enhance content accessibility for non-English speaking audiences.