“It’s not worth it to keep seeing these posts if it’s worsening your mental health.” Women in their teens and 20s tell NBCNews that TikTok content pushed them to fixate more on their diets and exercise regimens to a dangerous extent.
“Because there’s so much existential anxiety out there with the uncertainty around the pandemic, I think, unfortunately, people are sort of doubling down on whatever path they were on," said Elizabeth Daniels, psychology professor at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs."So if they were already restricting their diet a lot I think that’s getting worse.”
Marc Faddoul, an associate researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Information, said that “the one thing research scientists are sure about with the TikTok algorithm is that engagement matters.” Viral posts on TikTok can hit a user unexpectedly with information about diet and exercise or jokes that could prompt thoughts of relapse. For example, posts using #whatIeatinaday, where people list what they eat in one day, have accrued 2.7 billion views.
The comments sections of TikTok videos can also host troubling content, with users disparaging their own bodies. Such comments could be considered “fat talk,” which could lead to negative views about body image, according to a, researchers at the Deakin University School of Psychology in Victoria, Australia.
“While we do not allow content that promotes or encourages eating disorders, we recognize that people may feel pressure to look a certain way on social media,” Merrell said in an email.
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