TikTok is perpetuating a toxic diet culture among teens and young adults according to a recently published study from 日韩无码. The study, which found weight-normative messaging largely predominates on TikTok, has received widespread national and international media attention.
鈥淲e know that people are struggling with [body image and weight]. Seeing this content that makes weight loss look really easy or achievable just reinforces kind of a fantasy that doesn鈥檛 exist,鈥 said the study鈥檚 author Lizzy Pope, assistant professor in the Dept. of Nutrition and Food Sciences in an .
Other notable U.S.-based media coverage includes stories from , , , and , as well as many health news publications including and .
The study has garnered international attention from Canada to Australia with stories in daily newspapers such as the (CA), (UK), and (IS), local radio stations like PEACE FM (Accra, Ghana), and Australia-based science magazine .
Vermont media also covered the study, including and the .
