• ELENA QUESADA TORRES

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Updated on Friday, 6august2021-15: 34

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It will not be the first time or the last that we choke on hearing the words of an 'influencer', that is more than clear, but perhaps the case of Marina Yers deserves a separate mention due to the seriousness of the issues on which she speaks and gives her her opinion. This 'celebrity' who has a million and a half followers on the famous social network 'Instagram' and who has even released two songs -Yoyo and KLK-, began to become famous on the internet when she was a teenager who was only 13 years old via the now almost obsolete platform 'Ask.fm', a network for asking questions anonymously.

Born in Turka, a small town in Ukraine, this 20-year-old began to gain relevance thanks to her modeling photos, her dances and telling her own experiences.

Thus, the first recent controversy of this 'influencer' who also accumulates almost two million followers on 'YouTube' was generated from comments in which in the midst of a global pandemic he questioned the existence of the coronavirus and the real effectiveness of the use of the masks.

Then came the idea that "water dehydrates more than it hydrates."

And now, a few weeks ago, this 21-year-old Ukrainian resident in Marbella, returned to the spotlight for confessing: "Lately I love to vomit, I do it every two days and I feel like I'm cleaning myself."

After apologizing and apologizing, he admitted that he had made a mistake, explained that it relieved him to return as a result of the nausea he felt caused by sleeping pills, but for many the damage was already done. Because, how can these types of situations affect people with an eating disorder (ED) or who are beginning to develop it?

"It is irresponsible on the part of this girl, since the majority of followers are young people - she brings together a community of almost 4 million people on 'TikTok'-. It is proven that this type of messages can be a negative influence at the time of developing an eating disorder, even more so in the most vulnerable group, such as childhood and adolescence, where we can find profiles that present risk elements: low self-esteem, attempts to lose weight ... So these people with These messages from a 'celebrity' like her are clearly negatively influenced Eating disorders encompass very serious mental illnesses,they require around four or five years of treatment to overcome them and have the highest mortality of all diseases of this type ", says Sara Bujalance, director and psychologist of the Association against Anorexia and Bulimia of Catalonia.

"In addition, I would invite this girl to reflect on the fact that vomiting makes her feel good, since it is not something healthy from a physical or psychological point of view," says Bujalance. "This type of situation also represents a challenge for Public Health, since we are seeing a leadership of irresponsible voices, body worship and distorted realities, together with a succession of advice from these people who do not have medical training, which they can do Much damage. So, the public authorities should reflect on how to protect the vulnerable population against this. Today it is a challenge to control and somehow stop the toxic impulse that some of these 'influencers' have. That is why educate in a healthy use of the internet it is very important.Promoting the responsible use of this type of content, as well as trying to promote self-esteem, self-esteem and respect for body diversity, can help vulnerable groups to be more protected against harmful content that they can find and consume. In Internet".

How can social networks influence people with an eating disorder in general terms? "Social networks are a tool that, depending on how it is used, can be positive or negative, but there is a lot of content that could be defined as toxic, many images, a lot of body worship, unattainable standards of beauty as well as unreal. .. But hey, apart from that there is also very positive content, such as the 'Instagram' account '@stoptca_sjd' of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Barcelona, ​​managed by patients and therapists jointly. It is a way of working psychologically with these people from the day hospital and, on the other hand, it is a very nice way to support those who are also going through the disease ",concluded the expert in eating disorders.

"With this 'Instagram' profile it is intended to encourage patients to become aware of their problem and increase motivation to make changes, two fundamental steps in the therapeutic process. An alternative discourse is offered to that of other social media accounts and digital publications that show anorexia and other eating disorders as 'lifestyles' and not as a mental illness. This project is based on the peer support strategy and draws on the experience of the patient and the knowledge of the professional, obtaining an education for health based on scientific evidence and supported by positive values, which is a clear example of patient participation in decision-making.This initiative is a pioneer in the incorporation of a social network in the therapeutic process of patients with eating disorder, and it has become the first 'Instagram' profile of hospital patients in Spain ", explains Jordi Mitjà Costa, nurse of the Eating Disorders Unit of the San Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona and promoter and coordinator of the account.

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Hundreds of users of the social network 'Twitter' harshly criticized the 'influencer' Marina Yers after these statements.

Even more recognized profiles such as that of Saturated Nurse made clear their disapproval of such statements: "'Lately I love to vomit, I do it every two days and I feel like I clean myself.' Marina Yers. One and a half million followers on 'Instagram'. Eating disorders are VERY serious and VERY serious. "

They reproached him for normalizing and even promoting bulimia, a very serious ED with a high mortality rate, when he had so many followers and so young, most of whom were minors.

Thus, these users who reprimanded her for her unfortunate comments focused on the importance of not promoting these eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, which affect about 400,000 people in Spain, mostly young people.

They also demanded responsibility from the 'influencers' and that they were aware of the damage they could cause with their messages.

There were so many tweets in this line, as well as recriminating Marina Yers for her attitude, that it became a 'trending topic'.

Tweets such as: "The latest from Marina Yers seems humiliating, humiliating, reckless and above all painful. This DOES promote an ED, a disorder that can even lead to death. I have no words", from @irainexpugnable or "This girl it is a danger to public health and has shown it on numerous occasions, but this exceeds any limit of irresponsibility, thus playing with eating disorders ", from @schrodingergata they accumulated tens of thousands of retweets and 'likes'.

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