Are Dating Apps Bad For Your Health? | Jen Hecht, Executive Director - Building Healthy Online Communities

About this episode

Dr. Jason Arora discusses the impact of dating apps on mental health and relationships with Jen Hecht.

Are dating apps really helping us connect, or are they damaging our mental health? In this episode of The Health Curve Podcast, Dr. Jason Arora sits down with Jen Hecht, Executive Director of Building Healthy Online Communities, to explore a modern question that affects millions of people: what are dating apps really doing to our minds, our relationships, and our well-being? Dating apps have transformed how people meet, date, and form relationships. For many, they’ve created opportunities tha...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jason Arora

Guest: Jen Hecht

Topics covered

• dating apps
• mental health
• relationships
• online communities
• well-being

Keywords

• dating apps
• mental health
• relationships
• online dating
• well-being

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Building Healthy Online Communities

More episodes of The Health Curve

• What Should I Eat? Nutrition Principles Everyone Should Know | Dr. Jaime Schehr · May 26, 2026 · 48 min
• Skin Cancer - How To Reduce Your Risk | Dr. Thomas Dobbs - NHS (Melanoma & Skin Cancer Awareness Month) · May 12, 2026 · 26 min
• How Close Are We To Slowing Aging? | Dr. Eric Verdin, ​​President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging · April 28, 2026 · 49 min
• Fatty Liver: The Silent Disease at the Heart of the Metabolic Crisis | Mazen Noureddin MD, Houston Liver Institute · April 14, 2026 · 18 min
• Obesity Isn’t a Willpower Problem - It’s a Chronic Disease | Marc-Andre Cornier MD, The Obesity Society & MUSC · March 31, 2026 · 47 min
• Will AI Help Your Doctor - Or Deny Your Care? | Sanjai Sinha MD, Mount Sinai Health System · March 17, 2026 · 18 min