Content promoting extreme weight loss and cosmetic surgery is available to young TikTok users, breaching the social media platform's policies.

Patients worry about waking up hungry and may seek answers on social media. Clinicians can help debunk strategies that may do ...

Lack of access to professional help has more young people turning to social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram to self ...

The TikTok trend #SkinnyTok, which idolised and glamourised extreme thinness, is one such trend that is more harmful than ...

Young people are often served eating disorder content, and can be made increasingly anxious by ‘doomscrolling’ on TikTok and ...

“A red flag is feeling anxious or ashamed after scrolling through health or fitness content,” Fereck noted. “Some of the ...

Research from University College of London found people aged 10-24 who used social media sites were potentially at risk of developing image concerns, eating disorders and poor mental health.

IF you thought we left diet culture back in the 1990s, think again. Toxic ideas about bodies and weight are creeping back into our lives, and it’s clear the lessons of the past haven’t sunk in.