"pro-ED" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From pro- + ED (“eating disorder”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|pro-|ED|t2=eating disorder}} pro- + ED (“eating disorder”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pro-ED (not comparable)
  1. Promoting or encouraging eating disorders. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: pro-eating disorder Related terms: pro-ana, pro-mia
    Sense id: en-pro-ED-en-adj-fgrfxfcA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pro-

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          "ref": "2016 March 10, Doug Bolton, “Instagram's banning of pro-anorexia content may have made the problem worse, scientists find”, in The Independent",
          "text": "Researchers from the university's School of Interactive Computing combed through 2.5 million pro-ED posts from 2011 to 2014, to study how the community reacted to Instagram's moderation. / The 17 pro-ED terms which were in[i]tially moderated by Instagram were adapted into hundreds of new words.",
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          "ref": "2018 June 13, Louise Matsakis, “How Pro-Eating Disorder Posts Evade Filters on Social Media”, in Wired",
          "text": "And as with other kinds of harmful content on the internet, platforms hosting pro-ED communities have long struggled with how to moderate them. In 2001, Yahoo removed more than 100 pro-ED sites from its servers, saying they violated its terms of service.",
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          "ref": "2022 April 18, Heather Galloway, “Pro-eating disorder social media content is a pressing health concern”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2023-04-27",
          "text": "More extreme Pro-ED content promotes and glamorizes calorie restriction, extreme exercise, or purging with the help of laxative tea. […] People are more susceptible than ever to the toxic effects of pro-ED content.",
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          "ref": "2018 June 13, Louise Matsakis, “How Pro-Eating Disorder Posts Evade Filters on Social Media”, in Wired",
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