The STRIPED team was glad to be part of this year’s Eating Disorders Research Society conference! From presentations to conversations, it was inspiring to connect with colleagues and share ideas that will help shape the future of eating disorders research. @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

The STRIPED team was delighted to join the annual Eating Disorders Research Society conference this year! One highlight — seeing Yongjoo Kim, Ariel, Jordon Levinson, and Kendrin Sonneville together in this great photo. #EDRS2025 @albeccia.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

Social media profits from kids’ attention—at great cost to their health. That’s why we testified on Sen. Velis’ S.51 to require audits of engagement algorithms. Thank you Joint Committee for hearing us. Time to act: report S.51 favorably! hsph.harvard.edu/research/eat... @hsph.harvard.edu

Honored Sen. Amy Klobuchar spotlighted STRIPED’s research in a Senate Judiciary hearing. Our study shows social media profits from kids’ attention, building momentum for stronger youth protections. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @fairplayforkids.bsky.social @counterhate.com @hsph.harvard.edu

The Journalist’s Resource piece, “Eating disorders in boys and men: A research roundup,” quotes STRIPED + collaborator Dr. Jason Nagata. journalistsresource.org/home/eating-... @hsph.harvard.edu @alliancefored.bsky.social @naseemmiller.bsky.social @jasonmnagata.bsky.social

STRIPED Youth Corps Missouri team members Sahana, Ketan, and Gaurish are calling for action: OTC diet pills and muscle-building supplements are harming kids and fueling eating disorders. Read their powerful op-ed in the Missouri Independent: missouriindependent.com/2025/08/27/d...

This short video breaks down STRIPED’s Roadmap for independent algorithm audits—ideal for quick advocacy, lawmaker intros, or sharing with your network. Watch part of our 7-part video series: youtu.be/RCmj1bPRW1o?... @hsph.harvard.edu @counterhate.com

Ozempic knock-offs are flooding the supplement market—and putting public health at risk. Dr. Bryn Austin spoke with @pbsnews.org about the dangers of these unregulated products. Check out more from @hsph.harvard.edu: hsph.harvard.edu/news/ozempic...

🔍 Part 6 of our series: A step-by-step guide to algorithm risk audits—how states can ID, measure & report social media harms. 💡 Plus: legal insights & transparency tools. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnHF... @counterhate.com @hsph.harvard.edu

PBS NewsHour investigates GLP-1-branded weight loss supplements sold via influencers on TikTok Shop. Experts say that these products are misleading and unproven, featuring quotes from STRIPED Director Bryn Austin & Collaborator Jensen Jose. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea... @cspinet.org @hsph.harvard.edu

🔍 Part 5 of our series dives into the model legislation behind our Roadmap... 📌 What’s covered: – The law’s purpose and scope – Creation of a new oversight office – How enforcement, reporting, and penalties work www.youtube.com/watch?v=By4q... @counterhate.com @hsph.harvard.edu

The fourth video of our social media roadmap series dives into legal tools available to states, including how to navigate the First Amendment and Section 230 while still holding platforms accountable for algorithmic design harms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M19R... @counterhate.com @hsph.harvard.edu

Social media profits over kids’ safety? Part 3 of our series exposes how platforms profit from youth engagement and the need for oversight of their harmful designs. 🔎 Ad revenue from minors 🔎 STRIPED’s economic modeling insights www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i6x... @hsph.harvard.edu @counterhate.com

Why are some young men pushing gym culture to dangerous extremes? This week on AirTalk, STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin and pediatrician Jason Nagata discuss exercise, body image, and eating disorders among boys and young men. @hsph.harvard.edu @cspinet.org laist.com/shows/airtal...

We are excited to share part 2 of our 7-part video series: This video explores the public health and neuroscience research connecting social media use with rising rates of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and other mental health concerns among youth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcr...

Why are some young men pushing gym culture to dangerous extremes? This week on AirTalk, STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin and pediatrician Jason Nagata discuss exercise, body image, and eating disorders among boys and young men. @hsph.harvard.edu @cspinet.org laist.com/shows/airtal...

FTC takes action over false weight-loss claims in supplement ads and gag clauses. www.ftc.gov/news-events/... @hsph.harvard.edu

Social media algorithms can harm youth. Our new video series shares how states can act through algorithm audits and accountability laws. 🎬 Watch Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcmF... 🌐 Roadmap: hsph.me/algorithm-au... @hsph.harvard.edu

Medicaid is mental health. It covers care for 1 in 5 Americans — 72 million people count on it. Now is not the time to cut it. Protect mental health. Protect Medicaid. 📣 Take action now: insact.us/medicaid

STRIPED team member Ariel Beccia presented a poster on our advocacy work to re-include items assessing eating disorders into the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) at #SER2025 last week! @societyforepi.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

Dr. Bryn Austin, Director of STRIPED, brought powerful evidence to today’s hearing—reminding lawmakers that youth are being targeted by an industry profiting off their insecurities. Time to put health first. @hsph.harvard.edu @cspinet.org

Honored to have Dr. Greg Hagan testify in strong support of our bill. His message was clear: protecting kids from harmful supplements is a public health priority. @hsph.harvard.edu

STRIPED’s own Jill Kavanaugh delivered compelling testimony today, highlighting how deceptive marketing and easy access to dangerous supplements put youth at risk. We’re proud to have her voice leading this fight. @hsph.harvard.edu

Proud to stand with youth advocates at today’s hearing in the Joint Committee on Public Health to ban dangerous diet pills & supplements for minors. Big thanks to Rep. Decker for calling out industry lobbyists for their misleading testimony & disregard for kids' health. @hsph.harvard.edu

Thanks to @theresagaff.bsky.social for highlighting the devastating impact that terminated #eatingdisorder grants will have on Americans - including our work on LGBTQ-affirmative therapy for EDs @ajblashill.bsky.social

Eating disorders are among the deadliest mental health conditions & they often become chronic. Yet Trump’s HHS is cutting eating disorder research & the MAHA report doesn’t mention them. This isn’t just suppressing science - it’s a decision that will cost lives. www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e...

STRIPED’s Ariel Beccia speaks out in Theresa Gaffney’s new STAT piece on how eating disorder research is being gutted under the Trump admin. $2.7M in NIH grants already cut. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e... @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social @statnews.com

So proud to celebrate Ariel and Chloe at the International Conference on Eating Disorders! #ICED2025 @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

Congratulations to STRIPED Collaborating Mentor Dr. Jerel Calzo on being elected President-Elect of the Academy for Eating Disorders! We’re so proud and thrilled to see your leadership recognized on this global stage. #ICED2025 @hsph.harvard.edu

Honored to share that Dr. Bryn Austin has received the Leadership Award for Mentorship from the Academy for Eating Disorders. Deepest thanks to the colleagues and mentees who made this recognition possible. #ICED2025 @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

Another shot of STRIPED Director Bryn Austin and her powerful presentation at #ICED2025. @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

Last but not least, STRIPED Collaborating Mentor Cynthia Tschampl and her ICED presentation! #ICED2025 @hsph.harvard.edu

Congrats to STRIPED Visiting Scholar Emilio Compte for an informative presentation at #iced2025. @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

Honored to receive awards for two STRIPED projects from the AED Epidemiology & Public Health Practice SIG at ICED 2025! Thanks to the SIG for this recognition. Presented by Chloe Gao & Bryn Austin at #ICED2025. @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

Using the Power Prism® for impact: This study shows how MA communities are fighting back against risky weight-loss + muscle-building supplements marketed to youth. A must-read on grassroots health advocacy in action. @hsph.harvard.edu @cspinet.org www.ejgm.co.uk/article/powe...

STRIPED’s Bryn Austin joins FDLI 2025 to spotlight urgent consumer protections for dietary supplements.

STRIPED Director Dr. Bryn Austin joins the 2025 Food and Drug Law Institute Annual Conference to speak on: “Dietary Supplements in the Spotlight: Consumer Protection, Industry Challenges, and Regulatory Opportunities.” #FDLI2025 @hsph.harvard.edu @cspinet.org

The New Jersey team showing up strong at EDC Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill! @hsph.harvard.edu

More scenes from EDC Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill! We’re proud to stand with leaders and advocates advancing eating disorders as a national public health priority. @hsph.harvard.edu

The STRIPED team is on Capitol Hill for the Eating Disorders Coalition’s Advocacy Day, helping advance the recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority across the U.S. @hsph.harvard.edu @albeccia.bsky.social

STRIPED Director Bryn Austin joins the ALL ME Podcast to discuss eating disorder prevention, harmful supplement use among youth, and the role of public health, policy, and advocacy in creating safer environments for young people. allme.libsyn.com/episode-127-... @hsph.harvard.edu @cspi.bsky.social

STRIPED member @albeccia.bsky.social research was featured in this Boston Globe article about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health inequities, including eating disorders. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/30/m...

STRIPED team member @albeccia.bsky.social speaks out about the recent cuts to NIH funding and their devastating impact on scientific research and public health efforts in the state. Read the full @bostonglobe.com article here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...

Protecting young lives, promoting health equity: Age restrictions on OTC diet pills and muscle-building supplements could prevent over 57,000 eating disorder cases, save millions in healthcare costs, and enhance well-being for all. Read the study here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39845401/

STRIPED team member @albeccia.bsky.social spoke with @waterslicer.bsky.social from @wired.com about the negative impacts public data purges will have on health equity research, including as it pertains to eating disorders. @britshmit.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu www.wired.com/story/resear...

purging and censoring public data is going to hurt our ability to study and address eating disorders, esp for queer and trans people. thank you @datarescueproject.org for sharing! #StandUpForScience @harvardstriped.bsky.social

🚨 STARTING NOW 🚨 A growing wave of litigation targets harms arising from social media platform design. Join experts from Emory, Georgetown, Harvard, & TJLP to hear how courts are handling consumer protection claims—and what the future may hold. 🔗 Livestream: bit.ly/43XLY9A

Join STRIPED Director Bryn Austin for a panel on consumer protection & product liability claims against digital platforms, hosted by Knight Georgetown Institute tomorrow, March 18, from 10AM-12PM ET. 📍 Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/CilUTOd... @knightgtown.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

Join STRIPED Director Bryn Austin for a panel on consumer protection & product liability claims against digital platforms, hosted by Knight Georgetown Institute tomorrow, March 18, from 10AM-12PM ET. 📍 Livestream: www.youtube.com/live/CilUTOd... @knightgtown.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu