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Does TikTok Perpetuate Toxic Diet Culture?

Good Bodies

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Is There a Halo Effect in Teenage Girls?

I think especially for teen girls who, you know, if they're being inundated with all of these similar images of thin women telling them that this is how I eat. And you start to think that you have to act that way too. The reason why it's not mostly medical professionals or like actual dieticians who are being brought to like the forefront of these conversations and aren't going the most viral is because they don't fit the aesthetic. But the people who do fit the trends go more viral. So their word is being seen as like more valuable. It has been proven that when you meet a person that you perceive as being attractive, you will automatically think that they are smarter.

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