{"id":38322,"date":"2020-07-31T22:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-dangerous-tiktok-trend-could-lead-to-eating-disorders-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2020-07-31T22:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T19:29:00","slug":"this-dangerous-tiktok-trend-could-lead-to-eating-disorders-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-dangerous-tiktok-trend-could-lead-to-eating-disorders-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#This dangerous TikTok trend could lead to eating disorders, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#This dangerous TikTok trend could lead to eating disorders, experts say<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Dipping carrots in mustard is the latest trend on TikTok, and it\u2019s not as innocent as it seems.<\/p>\n

The dangerously low-cal snack is part of a larger social<\/a>-media phenomenon occurring on the app<\/a> where young teens are posting videos of what they eat in a day, which features disturbing calorie deficits and disordered eating habits.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of these \u2018what I eat in a day\u2019 posts are, like, 900 calories, and they\u2019re making people look at it and say, \u2018If I eat exactly what she\u2019s eating, I\u2019ll look like her,\u2019\u2009\u201d said registered dietitian Jenna Werner. \u201cBut they\u2019re actually going to be starving and be really hurting their health, their metabolism and their future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old dietitian stayed silent on social media about the trend until it became too concerning to overlook. She recently posted her own video on TikTok in response to the trend, noting how unrealistic the diets are.<\/p>\n

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@happystronghealthy.rd
\nFOOD FOR THE DAY ? #TikTokTaughtMe #MagicMoment #diet #dietitian #whatieatinaday #whatieat #nutrition<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople are like, \u2018Here\u2019s my calorie deficit for weight loss.\u2019 They\u2019re posting these things as facts even though they\u2019re not,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s concerned that the people promoting disordered eating habits \u2014 \u201cquick fixes\u201d like drinking apple cider vinegar, warm lemon water or dipping carrots in mustard \u2014 could spark a higher rate of disordered eating among TikTok\u2019s predominantly young audience.<\/p>\n

Approximately 60% of the platform\u2019s 800 million users are between the ages of 16 and 24, with 32.5% of the users in the United States falling between the ages of 10 and 19 \u2014 and they\u2019re all fed the same message promoting disordered eating.<\/p>\n

In response to the criticisms, a TikTok spokesperson told The Post,\u00a0\u201cWe care deeply about our users who may be affected by eating disorders \u2014 and are focused on expanding our partnerships and building upon our product, policies, and protective measures to provide additional in-app resources for this community. Content that supports or encourages eating disorders is strictly against our Community Guidelines and will be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Community Guidelines indicate that content that promotes \u201cself harm,\u201d which includes content \u201cthat promotes eating habits that are likely to cause health issues\u201d and \u201csupports pro-ana or other dangerous behavior to lose weight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guidelines claim those kinds of videos will be removed from the site, however many that Werner and others believe are problematic remain.<\/p>\n

But some TikTok creators are taking matters into their own hands. Brittani Lancaster, a 22-year-old influencer, gained popularity on the app by sharing her videos of \u201cwhat I eat in a day in recovery from an eating disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want people to look at my content and look at what I eat in a day and realize that you can eat a normal amount of food and be a healthy human being,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a realistic \u2018what I eat in a day,\u2019 versus some videos that aren\u2019t that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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@brittanilancaster
\nWhat I eat in a day in recovery from two eating disorders! #whatieatinaday<\/p>\n

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After struggling with anorexia and binge eating disorder for years before starting recovery, she now wants to spread awareness for eating disorders through her content, because she doesn\u2019t think younger people understand the health implications of extreme weight loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea the health implications that were going to come from my eating disorder and I had to learn the hard way,\u201d she said. \u201cI was vitamin deficient, I had hormone imbalances, half of my hair fell out and it took a good two years for my hair to get back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, she said she also suffered from acne and lost her menstrual cycle, which her doctor later informed her \u2014 much to her dismay and shock \u2014 could make it difficult for her to have kids one day. The news<\/a> \u201cbroke her heart,\u201d she said, and now she devotes her time to educating about the dangers that go beyond just weight loss.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t realize the vast need for that genuine and realistic content until one of her own videos went viral in February, in which she celebrated three and a half years in recovery.<\/p>\n

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@brittanilancaster
\nToday marks 3.5 years of recovery from my eating disorder! You are beautiful. #bodypositive #fyp #fypchchallenge #weightloss #eatingdisoder #recovery<\/p>\n

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\u201cI realized in that moment that TikTok was missing this niche of people talking about body positivity, people talking about eating disorder recovery,\u201d Lancaster said.<\/p>\n

She noted the significant lack of self-love advocates on the platform, and while that community has since grown, there is still triggering, pro-eating disorder content circulating that is not being addressed.<\/p>\n

The Middle East Eating Disorder Association (MEEDA), an organization aimed toward raising awareness and providing resources for people suffering from eating disorders, has reported the concerning content to TikTok. However, the company told them that they couldn\u2019t take action because, technically, those videos did not violate their community guidelines.<\/p>\n

MEEDA has since created a petition to demand that the social-media platform review content that promotes disordered eating and extreme dieting. Carine El Khazen, a clinical psychologist on the MEEDA team, said one of the major mechanisms of eating disorders is comparison to others, and with vulnerable teens predisposed to that kind of thinking at a young age, the \u201cgun is loaded,\u201d she said, and the content on TikTok is \u201cpulling the trigger.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at these posts and you see a lot of food-fearing behavior that is being transcended to younger generations and a ton of people,\u201d Werner said. \u201cThe impressions go far beyond a Super Bowl commercial, so it\u2019s reaching a much larger audience than ever before with a message that can be very detrimental.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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