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2025

• LAist (NPR): Young men series: Are some working out too much? (July 8, 2025)
• LAist (NPR): School’s out, so are phones. Tips for navigating summer screentime. (July 8, 2025)
• 90.5 WESA: Screen time or bedtime? New Pitt research shows links between depression, sleep, and screen use. (July 7, 2025)
• AHCJ: Changing the conversation about kids, teens and screens. (July 2, 2025)
• National Geographic: Eating disorders are on the rise in older women – and menopause is playing a role. (July 1, 2025)
• LAist (NPR): School's out. So are phones. How are you and your kids navigating screentime? (June 30, 2025)
• South China Morning Post: 6 tips to help prevent gaming-related health problems like ‘gamer’s thrombosis’. (June 29, 2025)
• Fox KTVU 2: Screen addictions vs screen time in adolescents. (June 27, 2025)
• NBC Bay Area: Study: ‘Tweens' suffer from restless sleep. (June 24, 2025)
• Parents: Why 'looksmaxxing' is putting teen boys at risk. (June 24, 2025)
• HuffPost: Experts say these 7 subtle behaviors might be 'bigorexia' in disguise. (June 24, 2025)
• Washington Post: The latest reason to send a teen to summer camp? No cellphones. (June 21, 2025)
• News Nation: Teens with ‘addictive’ phone use more likely to be suicidal. (June 19, 2025)
• Psychology Today: Teens and TikTok: How parents shape social media habits. (June 18, 2025)
• NPR: Screen addiction and suicidal behaviors are linked for teens, a study shows. (June 18, 2025)
• Imperfect Paradise (podcast): Did the cell phone ban in high schools work? (June 18, 2025)
• New York Times: Real risk to youth mental health is ‘addictive use,’ not screen time alone, study finds. (June 18, 2025)
• Med Page Today: Addiction to screen time tied to suicidality in U.S. kids. (June 18, 2025)
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Men have eating disorders too. (June 18, 2025)
• Movie Guide: Is your screen time hurting your kids? (June 11, 2025)
• She Knows: A massive new study reveals the long-term risks of social media use for tweens. (June 11, 2025)
• Washington Post: New study shows social media use predicted future depression in tweens. (June 11, 2025)
• KPBS: Screentime (June 9, 2025)
• KPBS: Creating a family media agreement. (June 9, 2025)
• KPBS: What we know about how screens impact on kids. (June 9, 2025)
• USA Today: Colitis: What do we know about this particular stomach pain? (June 9, 2025)
• San Francisco Chronicle: Score a bonus with these video gaming tips: Extra life in the real world. (May 30, 2025)
• American Heart Association: Score a bonus with these video gaming tips: Extra life in the real world. (May 30, 2025)
• KPBS: Research links kids' social media use and depression. (May 28, 2025)
• La Voix de l'Est: Un lien entre dépression et usage des réseaux sociaux chez les jeunes. (May 28, 2025)
• Breitbart: University of California study finds 35% jump in depression symptoms for pre-teens using social media. (May 27, 2025).
• The Jerusalem Post: UCSF study: Social media use linked to 35% spike in kids' depression. (May 24, 2025)
• PBS News: New study finds link between pre-teen use of social media and depression. (May 24, 2025)
• Fox KTVU 2: Yes, social media might be making kids depressed. (May 23, 2025)
• Fox: Social media use triples depression symptoms for pre-teens. (May 23, 2025)
• Contemporary Pediatrics: Social media potentially linked to depression in children. (May 22, 2025)
• India Today: Yes, social media is making kids depressed. (May 22, 2025)
• NBC: Social media increases depression risk in pre-teens. (May 22, 2025)
• Mashable: Social media use may cause depression among young people, new study finds. (May 22, 2025)
• US News: Social media increases depression risk in pre-teens. (May 22, 2025)
• Radio New Zealand (RNZ):  Social media use by children could lead to depressive symptoms: Research. (May 21, 2025)
• NBC Bay Area: UCSF study on social media's effect on teen depression. (May 21, 2025)
• KQED: Is social media making children more depressed? UCSF research suggests a link. (May 21, 2025)
• Fox KTVU 2: UCSF researcher finds link between pre-teen social media use and increased depression symptoms. (May 21, 2025)
• AJMC: Increased social media use linked to rising depressive symptoms in early adolescents. (May 21, 2025)
• UCSF: Yes, social media might be making kids depressed. (May 21, 2025)
• Daily Mail: Parents who give smartphones to children could be driving a frighteningly common illness, scientists discover. (May 21, 2025)
• UCSF: UCSF champions youth voices to transform adolescent health research. (May 20, 2025)
• Movie Guide: Why parents need to take their children’s screen time seriously. (May 5, 2025)
• The Harvard Crimson: The weight of lightweight rowing. (May 2, 2025)
• Call To Mind:  Beyond the mirror: the challenge of eating disorders. (May 1, 2025)
• New York Post: Teen boys are going to extreme lengths to be ‘skinny like Timothée Chalamet’ — and parents are worried. (April 17, 2025)
• Movie Guide: Here's another reason why you should limit your child's screen time. (April 16, 2025)
• Salon: "Bigorexia" can make a gym obsession harmful but often goes unrecognized. (April 6, 2025)
• KCBS: UCSF study suggests link between bipolar symptoms and teenage screen usage (March 25, 2025)
• USA Today: What is bronchitis, and is it contagious? (March 12, 2025)
• VICE: Spending too much time on your phone can make you manic (March 10, 2025)
• Movie Guide: This new study gives yet another reason to keep your kids from screens (March 10, 2025)
• Fox: Excessive screen time linked to manic symptoms in kids, study finds (March 5, 2025)
• National Geographic: This is the worst flu season in 15 years. Here's why—and how to protect yourself. (February 26, 2025)
• Health Day: Screen time tied to manic symptoms in preteens. (February 24, 2025)
• Movie Guide: Adolescence screen time spikes risk of this mental health disorder. (February 24, 2025)
• Times of India: More screen time in U.S. preteens linked to bipolar and manic symptoms, says study. (February 21, 2025)
• Baylor Lariat: Social media: dopamine doser or source of stress? (February 20, 2025)
• StudyFinds: Digital overload: tween screen time linked to bipolar and manic symptoms. (February 20, 2025)
• ScienceBlog: Digital danger: screen time in preteens linked to manic behavior two years later. (February 20, 2025)
• CNN: Muscle-building supplements may put teens at risk for a body image disorder, study finds. (February 19, 2025)
• USA Today: Cholera still kills tens of thousands of people a year. Are you at risk? (February 16, 2025)
• Forbes: Study finds protecting kids from mature media means putting your own phone down. (February 12, 2025)
• Fox KTVU 2: Study: Parental habits play role in shaping kids' media exposure. (February 5, 2025)
• NBC Bay Area: How your screen time has direct impact on your kids. (February 5, 2025)
• US News: Kids consume more mature media when parents overuse screens. (February 5, 2025)
• HealthDay: Kids consume more mature media when parents overuse screens. (February 5, 2025)
• CNN: Your phone habits may be exposing your children to mature content, new study finds. (February 4, 2025)
• Local 12: 'Practice what they preach': Study finds parents' screen-time affects children's. (February 4, 2025)
• HuffPost: Their parents may not know it, but most 11- and 12-year-olds are on TikTok. (February 3, 2025)
• HuffPost: "Bigorexia" is on the rise. Here's what parents should know. (February 3, 2025)
• USA Today: This type of meningitis is fast and deadly. Here's what to know. (January 31, 2025)
• Healio: Many adolescents have social media accounts despite being underage (January 28, 2025)
• Economic Times: Study reveals social media's growing influence on eating disorders among adolescents. Here is what parents need to know. (January 28, 2025)
• CNN: How your social media consumption can influence your eating habits, according to experts (January 28, 2025)
• ABC News (Australia): What is 'broscience', and how can it be used to help people who use steroids and other drugs? (January 21, 2025) 
• HuffPost: What Is Bigorexia? (January 20, 2025)
• NBC Bay Area: How to ease your children's fears surrounding the SoCal wildfires (January 15, 2025)
• Movie Guide: Are social media restrictions for kids under 13 ineffective? (January 15, 2025)
• Fox KTVU 2: Study: Children are using social media apps against the rules (January 14, 2025)
• NBC Bay Area: Study shows signs of preteens' addiction to social media (January 14, 2025)
• India Times: Children use TikTok against the rules, study finds (January 14, 2025)
• The Jerusalem Post: Most US 11- and 12-year-olds use TikTok despite age restrictions, UCSF study finds (January 13, 2025)
• Study Finds: Age 13 rule isn’t working — Most pre-teens already deep in social media (January 13, 2025)
• Kid Screen: TikTok dominates the US tween/teen social media scene (January 13, 2025)
• KCBS: A Professor finds from research, too much TikTok can become unhealthy (January 11, 2025)
• NewsBreak: Study reveals kids use TikTok without permission (January 11, 2025)
• UCSF: How many children use TikTok against the rules? Most, study finds (January 10, 2025)
• PsyPost: TikTok leads as the most popular platform among underage users, research reveals (January 10, 2025)
• PsyPost: Three types of screen time linked to substance experimentation in early adolescents (January 10, 2025)
• UCSF Magazine: On the Rise: The trending health hazards you may not know about. (January 10, 2025)
• Verizon: 5 questions to ask your kids about screen-time rules (January 7, 2025)
• News Nation Now: Doomscrolling much? Here are tips to get out of that digital rut and boost your brain. (January 4, 2025)
• KTLA News: Doomscrolling much? Here are tips to get out of that digital rut and boost your brain. (January 4, 2025)

2024

• The Guardian: ‘Why are my biceps so small?’ The boys and young men turning to steroids. (December 27, 2024)
• The Advocate: Transgender youth endangered as anti-trans defense budget is signed into law by Biden (December 24, 2024)
• NBC News: Bans on transgender care for minors may complicate eating disorder treatment (December 22, 2024)
• Medscape: California Seeks Mental Health Warning Labels on Social Media (December 18, 2024)
• Children and Screens: Adolescent Health, Body Image, Eating Disorders and Media Use (December 18, 2024)
• Healio: Transgender, gender-diverse youth take significantly fewer steps each day (December 17, 2024)
• ABC Radio: Is steroid use changing how we view ourselves? (December 13, 2024)
• Harvard School of Public Health: “Generation Flex” documentary sheds light on boys’ body image struggles and mental health (December 13, 2024)
• Desert Sun: Proposed California law would mandate warning labels on social media platforms (December 10, 2024)
• Daily Republic: State legislation would require youth social media warnings (December 10, 2024)
• Consumer Affairs: Social media warning label bill introduced in California (December 10, 2024)
• Newsbreak: California introduces bill to require social media labels advising of health impacts (December 10, 2024)
• State of California Department of Justice: Attorney General Bonta, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, introduce legislation to require social media warning labels (December 9, 2024)
• San Francisco Chronicle: California politicians plan legislation to require mental health warning on social media (December 9, 2024)
• Men's Health: Generation Flex (December 4, 2024)
• Men's Health: How to tell if your kid has muscle dysmorphia (December 4, 2024)
• Men's Health: Gen Z’s dangerous quest for gains (December 4, 2024)
• Physician's Weekly: Medical truths behind brain rot (December 4, 2024)
• USA Today: Numerous factors can cause kidney disease. Here are the most common ones. (December 1, 2024)
• San Francisco Examiner: TikTok grants SF high school $3K for responsible social-media use (November 21, 2024)
• USA Today: Hiccups are common and usually harmless. But they can also be a symptom of this condition. (November 18, 2024)
• Psychology Today: Screen time and mental health in kids (November 13, 2024)
• CNN: My social media is helpful and positive. Here is how yours can be, too. (November 6, 2024)
• Physician's Weekly: Preteen screen time impacts adolescent mental health (November 01, 2024)
• USA Today: Yes, dyslexia can be genetic. But genes aren't the only factor to consider. (October 19, 2024)
• USA Today: Here's the difference between a sore throat and strep (October 10, 2024)
• KQED: California sues TikTok in major lawsuit, alleges it exploits young users. (October 9, 2024)
• NBC Bay Area: UCSF study shows extended screen time is mentally unhealthy for kids (October 9, 2024)
• US News: More screen time tied to mental health risks for tweens (October 9, 2024)
• UCSF: For preteens, more screen time is tied to depression, anxiety later. (October 7, 2024)
• Business Insider: I monitored my friends' phones. What I saw horrified me. (October 1, 2024)
• UPI: Dangerous practice 'chroming' featured in videos kids watch on social media (September 27, 2024)
• USA Today: Whooping cough cases are on the rise. Here's what you need to know. (September 23, 2024)
• US News: Social media linked to eating disorders in kids and young teens (September 13, 2024)
• Harvard School of Public Health: The digital lives of children: Impacts of screen time on health and play (September 5, 2024)
• Men’s Health: The viral steroid trend targeting teens (September 5, 2024)
• KCBS Radio: Establishing healthy screen usage is essential—here's why (September 3, 2024)
• SRI: SRI identifies predictors of adolescent obesity (August 28, 2024)
• EdSource: How parents can limit children’s harmful cellphone use at home (August 27, 2024)
• Atlanta Voice: Teens and social media: How to balance the good and the bad (August 26, 2024)
• US News: Too much time watching screens in 20s raises heart attack risk (August 23, 2024)
• EdSource: Cellphone bans becoming more common in California schools (August 21, 2024)
• USA Today: Several factors may be behind feelings of hypochondria. Here are the most common ones. (August 20, 2024)
• Mashable: Fitbit Ace LTE is the kids' watch with grown-up problems (August 15, 2024)
• The Times: Letting upset children use tablets ‘may cause more tantrums’, study says (August 12, 2024)
• USA Today: We all experience cuts and scrapes. Here's how to tell if one gets infected. (August 8, 2024)
• ABC News: Getting kids off screens to prepare for back-to-school (August 4, 2024)
• NPR: Tweens, screens and sleep: How parents can help kids get their zzzzz's (July 24, 2024)
• Psychology Today: When we use screens to reward kids, they use screens more (July 2, 2024)
• Philly Voice: Parents who want to reduce their kids' screen time should start by reducing theirs, study finds (July 1, 2024)
• CNN: To curb kids’ use of screens, parents may have to cut back on their own (June 27, 2024)
• San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area experts respond to Surgeon General’s call for warning labels on social media (June 18, 2024)
• NBC Bay Area: Surgeon general's social media warning (June 17, 2024)
• Washington Post: Worried about your tween’s screen time? Check your own, new study says. (June 17, 2024)
• UCSF Magazine: Are Any Childhood Medical Myths Actually True? (June 14, 2024)
• UCSF Magazine: Are the New Weight Loss Drugs Too Good to Be True? (June 14, 2024)
• NPR: Give yourself and your kids a break — from screen time and from guilt (June 6, 2024)
• HuffPost: The Amount Of Time Kids Spend Online Each Year Will Shock You. Here's What To Do About It (June 6, 2024)
• SciLine: Social media & teen health (June 6, 2024)
• UCSF: How – and Why – to Reset Your Kids’ Screen Use for Summer (June 6, 2024)
• US News: Two Key Steps to Curbing Your Tween's Screen Time (June 5, 2024)
• UCSF: Great News, Parents: You Do Have Power Over Your Tweens’ Screen Use (June 5, 2024)
• Into More: Queer kids 13 times more likely to have tried dating apps than their straight peers (May 22, 2024)
• ABC 7 Bay Area: Bay Area health officials urging public to get vaccinated as measles cases rise (March 30, 2024)
• Slate: Eating Disorders Are Rising Among Boys. Why? (March 27, 2024)
• NPR/KQED Forum: Why More Boys Are Developing Eating Disorders (March 21, 2024)
• USA Today: No, lice won't go away on their own. Here's what treatment works (March 16, 2024)
• San Francisco Chronicle: Tips for reducing screen time (and why that might be a good idea) (March 1, 2024)
• American Heart Association News: Tips for reducing screen time (and why that might be a good idea) (February 29, 2024)
• USA Today: How do you get lice? Here's who is most susceptible, and the truth about how it spreads (February 25, 2024)
• PBS NewsHour: Why eating disorders are affecting more adolescent boys (February 18, 2024)
• New York Times: More Adolescent Boys Have Eating Disorders. Two Experts Discuss Why (February 8, 2024)
• Men's Health: Can Ozempic Fix My Binge-Eating for Good? (February 5, 2024) MSN version
• USA Today: When do babies say their first word? (And when should you be worried?) (February 4, 2024)
• Advanced Science: New study reveals surprising impact of screen time on the developing brain (January 25, 2024)
• Men's Health: The Men's Health State-of-Weight Survey (January 18, 2024) AOL version

2023

• Mashable: TikTok 'fear food' challenges: Can they help with eating disorder recovery? (December 28, 2023)
• LA Times: Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say (December 13, 2023)
• USA Today: When do babies roll over? What parents need to know about this milestone (December 13, 2023)
• Washington Post: Cyberbullying may cause disordered eating in younger teens (December 6, 2023)
• Thred: Muscle dysmorphia is fuelling a silent male mental health crisis (November 21, 2023)
• National Geographic: RSV vaccines and preventive drugs have arrived. Which one is right for you? (November 21, 2023)
• USA Today: When do babies start teething? Pediatricians weigh in on the signs to look out for (November 17, 2023)
• The Georgia Voice: LGB Teens Found More Likely to Binge Eat (October 26, 2023)
• PinkNews: Queer teens twice as likely to experience binge eating disorder, research finds (October 23, 2023)
• LGBTQ Nation: Queer teens twice as likely to have this eating disorder, study says (October 21, 2023)
• US News: Lesbian & Gay Teens Have Twice the Odds for Binge-Eating Disorders (October 19, 2023)
• Vox: Why you’ve never heard of this common eating disorder behavior — and why that’s a problem (October 11, 2023)
• Medscape: Illicit Steroids: If MDs Don't Ask, Patients Won't Tell (October 10, 2023)
• Yahoo News: Arnold Schwarzenegger reflects on his aging body (October 7, 2023)
• US News: Playtime With Dad Brings Kids Better Grades at School (September 25, 2023)
• Everyday Health: The Truth About Binge Eating Disorder: 8 Myths and 8 Facts (September 18, 2023)
• Physicians Weekly: Cyberbullying Tied to Eating Disorder Symptoms in Early Adolescence (September 14, 2023)
• Healio: Eating disorders affect victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying (September 11, 2023)
• La Opinión: Retrasos en el crecimiento y las pantallas: cómo afectan a tus hijos (August 28, 2023)
• LAist (NPR Los Angeles): New Study Expands On What We Know About Screen Time And Developmental Delays (August 24, 2023)
• KCBS: What is it about screen time that is harmful to development? (August 23, 2023)
• CNN Portugal: Novo estudo: exposição de bebés a ecrãs pode atrasar o seu desenvolvimento (August 22, 2023)
• CNN: Screen time linked with developmental delays in toddlerhood, study finds (August 21, 2023)
• New York Post: Screen time for babies linked to delays in speech, problem-solving: developmental study (August 21, 2023)
• MedPage Today: Toddlers' Screen Time Linked to Delayed Development (August 21, 2023)
• SELF: 3 Things to Do If You’re a Guy Struggling With Your Body Image (August 11, 2023)
• SF Examiner: As lawmakers try to police social media, SF leaders back off (August 11, 2023)
• NPR All Things Considered: Eating disorders in young men are being masked by muscle bulking and over-exercising (July 27, 2023)
• Sleep: How Bedtime Screen Use Affects Teens’ Sleep (July 27, 2023)
• Yahoo News: Arnold Schwarzenegger, even at the height of his body-building fame, was dissatisfied with his muscles. This might be the reason why, says expert (June 8, 2023)
• ABC7 (KGO TV): Social media and sleep in teens (June 6, 2023)
• Cronkite News: Eating disorders marked by diagnosis, treatment gap for men, women of color (June 5, 2023)
• Sleep.com: LGBTQ+ Teens and Adults Are More Likely to Have Sleep Issues (June 5, 2023)
• Fox 11 News: The risk of social media and youth (May 31, 2023)
• US News: One Key to Good Sleep for Teens: No Social Media at Bedtime (May 30, 2023)
• NBC News: One Key to Good Sleep for Teens: No Social Media at Bedtime (May 30, 2023)
• PsyPost: Massive study finds bedtime screen use behaviors are linked to sleep disturbances in early adolescents (May 30, 2023)
• List23: Researchers reveal the secrets to optimizing teenage sleep (May 30, 2023)
• Everyday Health: Is Social Media Safe for Kids, Teens? 11 Things Parents and Other Caregivers Should Know (May 26, 2023)
• Giddy: Yes, Bulimia Can Affect Men's Sexual Health (May 18, 2023)
• New York Times: How Parents Can Actually Help Teens Navigate Social Media (May 15, 2023)
• Queerty: A poor relationship with your dad might make you more prone to ‘bigorexia’ (May 12, 2023)
• LAist - NPR: How Does Body Dysmorphia Affect Young Men & Teens? We Discuss Its Causes, Problems & Solutions (April 25, 2023)
• Desert News: According to experts, body dysmorphia is prevalent among boys and men — and it’s dangerous (April 20, 2023)
• PinkNews: Overwhelming number of young queer people have no contact with homophobic relatives (April 19, 2023)
• Washington Post: Body dysmorphia in boys and men can fuel muscle obsession, doctors say (April 14, 2023)
• Metro Weekly: Gay youth twice as likely to experience sleep troubles (April 13, 2023)
• Star Observer: Gay Teenagers More Likely To Have Trouble Sleeping: Study (April 13, 2023)
• LGBTQ Nation: LGB youth have more trouble sleeping than straight youth (April 11, 2023)
• Queerty: New study finds another difference between gay kids and their straight peers (April 11, 2023)
• GO Magazine: Lesbian & Bi Girls Can’t Sleep (April 11, 2023)
• Out in Perth: Study finds gay, lesbian and bisexual youth have greater sleep problems (April 11, 2023)
• PinkNews: Gay and tired: Queer youth twice as likely to have sleep problems, study finds (April 11, 2023)
• After Ellen: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Preteens Report Higher Rates of Daily Recreational Screen Time (April 11, 2023)
• Yahoo News: Queer Kids Experience More Sleep Problems Than Straight Ones: Study (April 10, 2023)
• In Magazine: Study Finds A Big Difference Between How Queer And Straight Kids Use Their Phones (April 10, 2023)
• The Advocate: Queer Kids Experience More Sleep Problems Than Straight Ones: Study (April 10, 2023)
• Edge Media Network: LGBTQ Youth Aren't Getting Enough Sleep, Study Finds (April 10, 2023)
• Los Angeles Blade: New study: 1 in 3 gay, lesbian, & bi youths having trouble sleeping (April 9, 2023)
• NBC News: Gay youths are more than twice as likely to have sleep trouble, study finds (April 9, 2023)
• PinkNews: There’s a worrying reason why young LGBTQ+ people spend so much time on their phones, study finds (April 5, 2023)
• Queerty: Study reveals startling details about the online habits of gay kids (April 2, 2023)
• KJZZ: Eating disorders affect all kinds of people. Many still struggle to get treatment (March 29, 2023)
• US News: Stress Might Mean Worse Sleep for Many Gay & Lesbian Youth (March 28, 2023)
• La Opinión: Jóvenes gay son dos veces más propensos a tener problemas de sueño que los heterosexuales: estudio (March 25, 2023)
• NBC News: The hidden world of boys with eating disorders (March 20, 2023)
• NBC News: Too much screen time could lead to suicidal behavior in children: study (March 20, 2023)
• Just the News: GOP lawmakers seek social media age restrictions amid findings linking screen time, suicide risk (March 13, 2023)
• List 23: Excessive screen time in preteens is linked to suicidal behavior (March 11, 2023)
• NBC Nightly News: Eating disorders underdiagnosed in boys (March 9, 2023)
• Utah Public Radio: Eating disorders are on the rise (March 6, 2023)
• Mashable: 'You're always on': Warnings from the front lines of the teen mental health crisis (March 4, 2023)
• Detroit Free Press: MSU research puts a new face on who is at risk for eating disorders (March 3, 2023)
• Runner's World: How Athletes Can Navigate Disordered Eating Habits (March 3, 2023)
• SciLine: Eating disorders in the United States (February 28, 2023)
• Live Science: Childhood obesity should be treated early and aggressively, new guidelines say. Is that safe? (February 28, 2023)
• The Jersey Journal: Tackling obesity in children and adolescents is a tricky matter (February 28, 2023)
• Fatherly: Screen Time In 9-, 10-Year-Olds Linked To OCD Two Years Later, Study Says (February 21, 2023)
• CNN: What is disordered eating? And why do 20% of the world’s kids show signs of it? Experts explain (February 20, 2023)
• HealthDay: Combo of Low Screen Time, High Step Count Needed to Control BMI in Teens (February 15, 2023)
• Study Finds: Exercising doesn’t help kids looking at screens all day offset obesity risk (February 14, 2023)
• Medscape News: Recipe to Avert Obesity in Teens: More Steps, Less Screen Time (February 13, 2023)
• MedPage Today: Kids With High Step Count, Less Screen Time See Lower Obesity Risk (February 9, 2023)
• San Francisco Standard: New Childhood Obesity Guidelines May Worsen ‘Diet Culture’ in SF Schools (February 3, 2023)
• Psychiatry News: Intermittent Fasting Linked to Eating Disorder Behaviors (January 26, 2023)
• The Hill: Parents worry about growing post-pandemic youth mental health crisis (January 25, 2023)
• New York Times: New Guidelines Underscore Complexity of Childhood Obesity (January 20, 2023)
• Wall Street Journal: Can Intermittent Fasting Help Combat Youth Obesity? (January 17, 2023)

   

2022

• US News: Can Too Much Screen Time Raise a Child's Odds for OCD? (December 22, 2022)
• The Doctor Will See You Now: Hooked on Video (December 21, 2022)
• South China Morning Post: Screen time for kids: why limits are vital to help them learn how to interact with others, and have time for physical exercise (December 20, 2022)
• Education Week: Screen Time Can Raise Children’s Chance of OCD. Educators Can Help Prevent That (December 20, 2022)
• UCSF: Is Too Much Screen Time Bad for Kids? It’s Complicated (December 19, 2022)
• KCBS: Screen addictions may contribute to increase in teen OCD (December 17, 2022)
• Tech Explorist: More screen time linked to odds of developing OCD in preteens (December 17, 2022)
• Healthline: OCD and Kids: Video Games, Screen Time Linked to Compulsive Behavior (December 16, 2022)
• Psychiatric News: Too Much Screen Time Associated With Increased Risk of OCD in Children (December 16, 2022)
• Study Finds: OCD could be triggered by too much screen time in pre-teens (December 16, 2022)
• Politifact: No, a garlic salve cannot be used to treat RSV, croup or pneumonia (December 16, 2022)
• Mashable: What to know about new research on screen time and kids' mental health (December 14, 2022)
• PhillyVoice: Soothing a screaming child with a smartphone seems like an easy fix, but there are long-term consequences (December 14, 2022)
• NBC News: Research finds more negative effects of screen time on kids, including higher risk of OCD (December 13, 2022)
• Miami Herald: Screen time increases chances of OCD in preteens, study finds. Every hour ups the risk (December 12, 2022)
• Fox 11 News: Screen time linked to OCD in children, study says (December 12, 2022)
• Telegraph: Video games ‘increase risk of OCD in children’ (December 12, 2022)
• Yahoo News: Screen time linked to increased odds of preteens developing OCD – study (December 12, 2022)
• KRON: Video gaming strongly tied to compulsive behavior in preteens, UCSF study finds (December 12, 2022)
• Daily Wire: Study Finds More Screen Time Associated With Future OCD In Preteens (December 12, 2022)
• The Hill: Screen time linked to OCD in youth: study (December 12, 2022)
• Daily Mail: Every hour a child spends playing video games or watching YouTube videos each day raises their risk of OCD by up to 13%, study claims (December 12, 2022)
• UCSF: Screen Time Linked to OCD in U.S. Preteens (December 12, 2022)
• The Lowell: A culture of comparison (December 12, 2022)
• TODAY: What doctors think about the viral TikTok onion water cold remedy (December 6, 2022)
• AIDS Map: Heavy rain and floods pave the way for higher HIV prevalence (December 6, 2022)
• KCBS News: Algorithms on social media lacks quality control when it comes to diet trends (November 20, 2022)
• CNN: Eating disorders have risen in recent years. A new finding may help catch them earlier (November 10, 2022)
• UCSF: Adverse Childhood Experiences Lead to Increased Police Contact for Adolescents, Study Shows (November 10, 2022)
• CNN: Hospitalizations for eating disorders grew in the pandemic. The problem isn’t over, experts say (November 7, 2022)
• TIME Magazine: Why Disconnecting From Your Phone Is So Good for You—and How to Do It (October 7, 2022)
• San Francisco Chronicle: Restrict diet pills (October 5, 2022)
• Durable Human: Household Stress Often Led to Problematic Media Use by Kids in Pandemic (October 5, 2022)
• Eastern Eye: What is Bigorexia, a condition triggered by bizarre fitness diet? (October 3, 2022)
• Mirror: What is Bigorexia? Popular gym diet causing dysmorphia and eating disorders in teens (October 2, 2022)
• TODAY: These are the best cold remedies according to doctors (September 29, 2022)
• Mashable: 4 ways to help girls thrive online (September 25, 2022)
• Healthline: Signs Your Child May Have Developed a Smartphone Addiction (September 22, 2022)
• Medical News Today: 'Bulk and cut' dieting linked to eating disorders, muscle dysmorphia in youth (September 21, 2022)
• Men's Health: 'Bigorexia' Has Young Men Doing Dangerous Things for Muscle (September 19, 2022)
• Sacramento Bee: Bill would curb diet pill sales to minors. It may spark national trend if Newsom signs it (September 13, 2022)
• US News: California and New York Aim to Curb Diet Pill Sales to Minors (September 13, 2022)
• Study Finds: Pre-teens addicted to social media and digital devices highly likely to develop a behavioral disorder (August 24, 2022)
• KCBS: Study shows college students are especially susceptible to screen overuse (August 22, 2022)
• Newsweek: Too Much Screen Time for Teens Leads to Mental Disorders, New Study Shows (August 1, 2022)
• UCSF: Elevated Tween Screen Time Linked to Disruptive Behavior Disorders (July 26, 2022)
• Boston Globe: Berkshires boarding school smartphone ban was a long time coming (July 16, 2022)
• Psychiatry Advisor: Recognizing and Treating “Bigorexia” in Clinical Practice (July 15, 2022)
• Dallas Weekly: Social media addiction and its impact in the classroom (May 25, 2022)
• Public Health Post: Adolescent Screen Time During the Pandemic (May 24, 2022)
• Psychiatric News: ‘Outbreak’ of Sudden Tics Among Teen Girls Has Surprising Global Similarity (May 23, 2022)
• USA Today: Australian Sudden Infant Death Syndrome study 'provocative' but not yet a breakthrough (May 13, 2022)
• University of Minnesota: Adolescent use of muscle-building supplements linked to later steroid use and other issues (April 28, 2022)
• HuffPost: I’ve Studied Body Image For 25 Years. Here’s What Boys Don't Know How To Tell You (April 14, 2022)
• UCSF: 48% of Young Adults Struggled with Mental Health in Mid-2021 (April 11, 2022)
• The Brussels Times: Belgians spend over five hours watching videos every day (April 11, 2022)
• Newsweek: Teenage Gorilla Getting Addicted to Screen Time on Visitor Phones, Says Zoo (April 7, 2022)
• Healthline: Effects of Muscle-Building Supplements on LGBTQIA+ Health: What to Know (April 6, 2022)
• Nutrition Insight: Teen protein use raises risk of steroid use later, flags study amid increasing US regulations (April 4, 2022)
• KQED/NPR: Study Finds Social Media, Screen Time by Teens and Tweens Increased in Pandemic (March 28, 2022)
• The Hill: For every COVID death, 9 close family members may be grieving: study (March 25, 2022)
• Nutrition Insight: Body ideals, lack of regulation could harm those with muscle dysmorphia, experts flag (March 21, 2022)
• Daily Telegraph: ‘Bigorexia’ growing among teens and men (March 20, 2022)
• Healthline: Why Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Is So Dangerous (March 16, 2022)
• WebMD: 'Bigorexia': Why Teenage Boys are Obsessed with Bulking Up (March 10, 2022)
• New York Times: What Is ‘Bigorexia’? (March 5, 2022)
• The Dickinsonian: Dickinson Hosts Love Your Body Week (March 1, 2022)
• Psychiatric News: Misuse of Steroids, Other Performance Enhancers Slips Under Radar (February 24, 2022)
• Healthline: LGBTQ Youth Are Developing Eating Disorders at Higher Rates (February 17, 2022)
• Newsday: Computer screen time is up for kids, and can be harmful to their health, experts say (February 13, 2022)
• Fresno Bee: Hardly any kids exercised during pandemic — that’s bad for mental health, study finds (January 5, 2022)
• International Business Times: Pandemic Saw US Adolescents Exercise Less, Stress More: Study (January 5, 2022)
• Health Day: Fewer Teens Meeting Physical Activity Recommendations During Pandemic (January 5, 2022)
• Consumer Affairs: Fewer teens meet physical activity recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 4, 2022)
• SF Chronicle: Diet pills are incredibly dangerous for teens. California needs to regulate them like cigarettes (January 4, 2022)

2021​

• KCBS: New research shows how the pandemic has affected teenagers health (December 29, 2021)
• Moms: Parents Underestimating Time Teens Spend On Social Media (December 26, 2021)
• US News: Parents Underestimate How Much Time Teens Spent Online During Pandemic (December 23, 2021)
• KCBS: Parents have underestimated the reality of their children's screen time (December 17, 2021)
• BuzzFeed News: Here’s How Instagram Fails To Protect People At Risk For Eating Disorders From Pro-Anorexia Messaging (December 8, 2021)
• CNET: Instagram and TikTok are failing everyone with an eating disorder (December 3, 2021)
• Healthline: Eating Disorders in Men Are Not Talked About Enough — and They’re on the Rise (November 24, 2021)
• WBUR/NPR: Teens' screen time doubled to 8 hours a day during the pandemic — not counting schoolwork (November 22, 2021)
• Wall Street Journal: Boys Have Eating Disorders, Too. Doctors Think Social Media Is Making It Worse (November 13, 2021)
• KCBS: Alarming survey finds teens spent 8 hours per day on screens during COVID-19 crisis (November 11, 2021)
• Devex: As climate change fuels drought, childhood immunizations may suffer (November 11, 2021)
• LA Weekly: Screen Time For Teenagers Increased This Much During Pandemic (November 4, 2021)
• US News: U.S. Adolescents' Daily Screen Time Doubled During Pandemic (November 2, 2021)
• The Hill: High pandemic screen use among teens associated with worry and stress (November 2, 2021)
• Fox News: Teen screen time more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, study says (November 2, 2021)
• Healthline: How to Reduce the Screen Time Your Children Built Up Over the COVID-19 Pandemic (November 2, 2021)
• CNN: Kids nearly doubled screen time during the pandemic, but there is something you can do about it (November 1, 2021)
• USA Today: Screen time among teenagers during COVID more than doubled outside of virtual school, study finds (November 1, 2021)
• UCSF: Adolescents’ Recreational Screen Time Doubled During Pandemic, Affecting Mental Health (November 1, 2021)
• MedPage: Teen Screen Time Doubled During Pandemic Lockdowns (November 1, 2021)
• Body+Soul: Olympic diver and knitting extraordinaire Tom Daley struggled with an eating disorder. Men can experience them, too (October 19, 2021)
• SF Chronicle: Social media is becoming increasingly toxic for boys' body image, too (October 18, 2021)
• KCBS: How Instagram can also be harmful for teen boys' body image (October 18, 2021)
• Texas Public Radio: Many Eligible Teens, Young Adults Still Haven't Gotten Their COVID-19 Vaccinations (September 28, 2021)
• US News: Is There a Link Between Vaping and Eating Disorders in the Young? (September 15, 2021)
• College Post: Vaping Increases Eating Disorder Risk Among College Students: Study (September 14, 2021)
• Washington Post: Eating disorders are exploding, hurting adolescents who have trouble finding care (September 4, 2021)
• ABC: Vaccine hesitancy: Here's what experts are saying about impact of Pfizer's FDA approval (August 23, 2021)
• Insider: Eating disorders are stereotyped as only impacting women and girls. But young men are also obsessing about dieting and appearance leading to muscle dysmorphia (August 22, 2021)
• KQED/NPR: Another Pandemic-Induced Crisis: Eating Disorders Rise Sharply Among Teens (August 12, 2021)
• The Hill: People experiencing food insufficiency more likely to lack access to mental health services (July 17, 2021)
• NBC: Here are some of the most common reasons behind COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (July 15, 2021)
• CBS: COVID: California Positivity Rate Rises To 3% As Delta Variant Spreads Among Unvaccinated (July 14, 2021)
• The Hill: One in four adults with depression or anxiety lack access to mental health services (July 8, 2021)
• US News: 1 in 4 People With Anxiety, Depression Couldn't Get Care During Pandemic (July 7, 2021)
• Psychiatric News: Study Reveals Extent of Unmet Need for Mental Health Counseling During Pandemic (July 2, 2021)
• KCBS Radio: Study: 'Huge surge' in mental health needs during pandemic but 'not enough providers' (July 1, 2021)
• WebMD: Teens With Obesity Risk Heart Attack, Diabetes As Adults (July 1, 2021)
• Fox News: Excessive screen time linked to obesity in US preteens, study finds (June 29, 2021)
• Wall Street Journal: Eating Disorders Surged Among Adolescents in Pandemic (June 21, 2021)
• US News: Obesity in Teens Raises Adult Diabetes Risk, Even After Weight Loss (June 21, 2021) 
• California News Times: Overweight teens are more likely to suffer poor health as adults even if they slim down (June 21, 2021)
• Miami Herald: TikTok ‘dry scooping’ trend is dangerous, experts say — and an awful idea. Here’s why (June 15, 2021)
• Vice: Dry Scooping Pre-Workout Is a Terrible Idea (June 7, 2021)
• Washington Post: Worried your child has an eating disorder? This pediatrician has advice (April 27, 2021)
• SF Chronicle: 'Unhelpful and wrong': Bay Area health experts denounce Joe Rogan's remarks on vaccinations (April 27, 2021)
• The Doctor Will See You Now: Creeping Inactivity? Hypertension Lurks (April 27, 2021)
• Everyday Health: The Pandemic Is Exacerbating Mental Health Problems in Food-Insecure Americans (April 26, 2021)
• Inverse: How Many Hours of Exercise do You Need? Study Finds New Optimal Number (April 26, 2021)
• BestLife: If You Don't Work Out This Much, Your Heart May Be at Risk, New Study Says (April 19, 2021)
• Queerty: What is bigorexia and do you suffer from it? (April 17, 2021)
• Psychology Today: Why 43 Minutes of Cardio a Day May Help Keep the Doctor Away (April 17, 2021)
• Healthline: Want to Lower Your Blood Pressure Risk After Age 40? Increase Your Exercise (April 15, 2021)
• UCSF: Want to Be Robust at 40-Plus? Meeting Minimum Exercise Guidelines Won’t Cut It (April 14, 2021)
• NPR/KCRW: Eating disorders among teens are up during COVID. Pediatrician offers tips on what to watch for (April 8, 2021)
• LGBTQ Nation: Ellen DeGeneres’ new “gay Tylenol” might not cure headaches, but it certainly delivers laughs (March 23, 2021)
• The Doctor Will See You Now: Screen Time Linked to Disordered Eating (March 18, 2021)
• SELF: 6 Useful Tips for Combating Food Guilt and Shame (March 12, 2021)
• Santa Cruz Sentinel: Eating disorders among teens surging during the pandemic (March 11, 2021)
• Yahoo! News: Children Exposed To High Screen Time Are At 69% Increased Risk Of Developing Eating Disorders: Study (March 9, 2021)
• CNN: More screen time is linked to binge eating in children, US study finds (March 4, 2021) Spanish and Portuguese translations
• US News: Social Media, Binge Eating Often Go Together for Kids (March 3, 2021)
• Inside Hook: Why We Still Aren’t Talking About Men’s Eating Disorders (March 3, 2021)
• KCBS Radio: Teens excessive use of social media leads to other problems (March 2, 2021)
• KCBS Radio: UCSF study shows connection between social media use and binge eating in pre-teens (March 1, 2021)
• Miami Herald: More screen time boosts risk that preteens will develop eating disorder, study says (March 1, 2021)
• Healthline: Video Games Linked to Lower Depression Risk for Boys (February 22, 2021)
• Medium: Eating Disorders in LGBTQ+ Populations: Findings from The Pride Study (February 16, 2021)
• CFRA Radio: Ottawa At Work: During the pandemic there has been a surge in eating disorder cases (February 11, 2021)
• Psychiatry Advisor: COVID-19, Food Insufficiency, and Mental Health in the United States (February 11, 2021)
• BuzzFeed News: This Is What It’s Like For Men With Eating Disorders (February 6, 2021)
• SF Chronicle: Pandemic fueling a sharp rise in eating disorders, Bay Area experts say (January 19, 2021)
• Healio: COVID-19 pandemic tied to increase in food insufficiency, which has affected mental health (January 15, 2021)
• Medium: Deleting Posts is Not Enough, Teach Media Literacy to Combat COVID Misinformation (January 10, 2021)
• Business Equality Magazine: 40 LGBTQ Leaders Under 40 (January 1, 2021)

2020​

• KTVU Fox News: Number of patients seeking help for eating disorders doubled during pandemic (December 21, 2020)
• Instinct Magazine: Bi Men More Prone To Eating Disorders, Says Study (December 21, 2020)
• NBC News: Bisexual men more prone to eating disorders than gay or straight men, study finds (December 18, 2020)
• Edge Media Network: New Study: Bisexual Men More Prone to Eating Disorders Than Gay Men (December 18, 2020)
• ABC News: San Francisco experts describe 'perfect storm' of teen suicides, youth mental health crisis during pandemic (November 18, 2020)
• Miami Herald: Most young adults dealt with job loss in pandemic — and suffered mentally, survey says (November 13, 2020)
• KCBS Radio: COVID-19 caused increased job loss and mental health strains for young adults (November 11, 2020)
• NBC News: Gays, lesbians and bisexuals at higher migraine risk, study finds (September 29, 2020)
• The Advocate: Migraines Affect Staggering Number of Gay, Bi People, Study Finds (September 29, 2020)
• LGBTQ Nation: Having migraines? It might be because you’re gay or bisexual (September 29, 2020)
• New York Magazine: Queer People Are Way More Likely to Suffer From Migraines (September 29, 2020)
• Queerty: Gay and bisexual people at higher risk of migraines (September 29, 2020)
• PinkNews: Lesbian, gay and bi people much more likely to get migraines than straight people, according to science (September 29, 2020)
• US News: Why Do Gay and Lesbian People Get More Migraines? (September 28, 2020)
• Reuters: Gay, lesbian, bisexual Americans at higher risk for migraines - study (September 28, 2020)
• Pediatrics on Call Podcast: Childhood Stress, Performance-enhancing Substances (September 8, 2021)
• Reuters Health: Legal Performance-Enhancing Substances Likely Gateway to Alcohol Misuse, Risky Behaviors (September 2, 2020)
• US News: COVID-19's Economic Fallout Expands Food Insecurity, as Groups Scramble to Help (August 19, 2020)
• New York Times: With Eating Disorders, Looks Can Be Deceiving (July 27, 2020)
• New York Times: When Teen Boys Use Supplements (May 21, 2020)
• The Guardian: ‘Anyone popular at school has muscles’: the rise of the ripped teen (May 9, 2020)
• NPR: Gay Men More At Risk Of Eating Disorders, But Finding Community Can Be Hard (February 25, 2020)
• US News: A Patient's Guide to Eating Disorders (February 14, 2020)
• WebMD: Male body image (January 1, 2020)

2019

• Reuters: Social media use linked to teen disordered eating behaviors (December 13, 2019)
• UCSF: Food Insecurity in Young Adults Raises Risk for Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Asthma (October 1, 2019)
• Parents: Yes, Boys Can Get Eating Disorders Too (August 21, 2019)
• The Guardian: Gym, eat, repeat: the shocking rise of muscle dysmorphia (July 17, 2019)
• Reuters: Some teens who exercise to build muscle might have eating disorders (July 10, 2019)
• US News: Money Worries Around Food May Spur Migraines (June 25, 2019)
• US News: Many Young Men Putting Health at Risk to Bulk Up (June 25, 2019)
• Healthline: Nearly a Quarter of Men 18–24 Have Signs of Disordered Eating (June 24, 2019)
• Independent: Fifth of young men who exercise engage in 'disordered eating' to gain muscle, study finds (June 20, 2019)
• KCBS Radio: Study Suggests Adolescents Trying To Gain Weight At Risk For Eating Disorders (June 20, 2019)
• UCSF: 22% of Young Men, 5% of Young Women Engage in ‘Disordered Eating’ to Bulk Up (June 20, 2019)
• Reuters: Teen boys' eating disorders may focus on muscles, not weight loss (June 5, 2019)

2018

• KQED: Does Intermittent Fasting Live up to the Hype? (November 28, 2018)
• UCSF: Setting Research Priorities for Global Adolescent Health (July 11, 2018)
• Healthline: Overweight Young Adults Twice as Likely to Binge, Purge Than Thinner Young Adults (June 21, 2018)
• UCSF: Binging, Purging and Fasting More Common in Overweight, Obese Young Adults (June 12, 2018)
• US News: Obese Young Adults Prone to Binging, Purging (June 12, 2018)
• UCSF: Lessons Learned from Systematic Reviews of Qualitative Data in Global Health (February 2, 2018)

2017

• Stanford: Where homosexuality is a crime, gay health workers face tough choices (January 17, 2017)
• Stanford: Stanford researchers expand comparison of males and females with anorexia (January 10, 2017)

2016

• Stanford: Does anorexia affect girls’ and boys’ bones differently? Probably not. (September 12, 2016)
• Stanford: WIC policies should help kids drink less fruit juice, Stanford experts say (July 11, 2016)
• Stanford: Setting priorities in adolescent medicine research (May 26, 2016)

2015

• Stanford: Tiger mother, tiger cub: A Stanford doctor reflects on his upbringing (October 5, 2015)