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Diet culture on TikTok: a descriptive content analysis

To investigate how dieting is portrayed on TikTok and the potential implications for public health considering the effect of diet culture on eating disorders amongst young people.  

Citation:
Munro E, Wells G, Paciente R, Wickens N, Ta D, Mandzufas J, Lombardi K, Woolard A. Diet culture on TikTok: a descriptive content analysis. Public Health Nutr. 2024;27(1):e169.

Keywords:
Adolescents; Body image; Content analysis; Diet; Dieting; Eating behaviours; Eating disorders; Social media; TikTok

Abstract:
To investigate how dieting is portrayed on TikTok and the potential implications for public health considering the effect of diet culture on eating disorders amongst young people.