Women who spend a lot of time on TikTok—especially those seeing a lot of pro-anorexia content—feel worse about their appearance, a new study shows. The results suggest that high TikTok exposure could harm mental health, reducing body image satisfaction and increasing the risk for disordered eating behavior.
source https://phys.org/news/2024-08-tiktoks-neutral-women-body-image.html
Thursday, 8 August 2024
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