The Institute apologizes for promoting weight loss in users with eating disorders

Another alternative to the social network offers users suggestions on term research based on their interests.

But some people with eating disorders have found that this app was encouraging them to search for terms like “apetite” instead of ordinary terms, increasing the risk, writes The Guardian, translation Periscopi.

Facebook acknowledged that the inclusion of such damaging terms, which was first reported to the BBC, had been reviewed and that it had left them.

These suggestions, like the results of research itself, are limited to general interests. Loss of weight should not be included, and we have taken steps to prevent these terms from being presented. We apologize for any confusion we've caused.