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Magazine article
Those ‘what I eat in a day’ TikTok videos aren’t helpful. They might even be harmful
The Conversation, Vol.11 June 2025
2025
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
You may have come across those “what I eat in a day” videos on social media, where people – usually conventionally attractive influencers wearing activewear – list everything they consumed that day.
They might seem like harmless fun but in fact they can reinforce dangerous ideas about food, weight and body image.
I’ve worked with people with eating disorders who watch these videos and have seen first hand how harmful this content can be.
Here’s what the research says and what you need to know.
Details
- Title
- Those ‘what I eat in a day’ TikTok videos aren’t helpful. They might even be harmful
- Authors
- Catherine Houlihan - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Psychology
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.11 June 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.ajjch9wqm
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991136701502621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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