Teens quit TikTok among growing content of anaerobic anorexia

Teenage girl is quitting Tick Argue they are rising Anorexia Content, it was claimed today.

Video-sharing networks face a backlash against weight-related content-including clips that clearly recommend a 1200 calorie daily diet.

Users say they have been shared and recommended on their “Recommended” pages, such as restricted diets and weight loss clips.

Teenage years According to reports, tabs on student news sites, girls are now removing the app as a way to get around the pressure of appearance.

I spoke to Chelsea (16), who thinks there are only two successful TikTokers-one with a small waist and a clean face, and one with a good sense of humor.

She said: “It’s a very friendly and approachable atmosphere since the first time you created an account.

“Tumblr had a very similar toxic era, with posts of” thinspo “and” pro-ana “everywhere, and since then, largely due to consciousness, it has fallen significantly.

“But if TikTok isn’t already, I recommend giving warnings and helpline numbers to the search terms that are specifically triggering, like Tumblr.”

Marketing Apprentice Lily Bottomley (21 years old) downloaded the app after seeing tweets about toxic substances in the app.

Despite all her love of fashion-related posts, her first recommendation on the “Recommendations” page was a “what to eat in a day” video and training at home.

She said: “A friend contacted me earlier and said she was thinking of removing the app because she saw a video of a girl comparing her waist to a Macbook.

“This lockdown period can be fully triggered as it is. Opening the app for entertainment purposes is overwhelming and you can focus on your meal videos or your home exercises.

I think some videos, such as “What I eat in a day,” will be an inspiration to pursue a healthier lifestyle. I enjoy pens that advertise everything in moderation.

“ But I’ve seen a lot of content that promotes calorie counting, which may be useful for some, but users promoting that sort of thing say that TikTok’s main audience is generally quite young. I think you need to be careful. “

Nursery support worker Holly Mackinnon, 18, deleted the app after it began to recur with eating disorders.

She joined the app three years ago, known as Musical.ly-she removed the app in May 2020.

She said: “Personally, I definitely felt I needed to be a little off the platform.

“Such videos are very disruptive and can create very annoying thoughts, especially for those who are already suffering from diet and physical problems.

“Sure, how deep I am in comparing myself with other people, and when I use a photo of a body like me as their photo, I need to look like those people I’m not going to cover that much because it feels like.

“If possible, I think TikTok should try to put some restrictions on this type of content.

“Just like it’s trying to limit self-harm content as a trigger-I think this is an equally serious trigger.”

18-year-old Rachel Gibson, a journalism student, also took a break after being overly exposed to weight loss videos.

She downloaded the app in February 2020 and used it almost every day until taking a break in March.

As a 1st year student at Caledonian University of Glasgow: I had to take a break.

“I just logged out-I didn’t log out for a week, hoping that my For You content would be cleared and changed from such content.

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“The last thing we need, especially in times like blockades, is the unnecessary negativity in our lives.”

It turns out that in Sydney, we spend more time than video than enjoying content.

She said: “I didn’t see the point, and what it does to other people, my expectations of myself, and how I see my life. I hated to live.

“Because the video is less than a minute long, we were exposed to a lot of things in a short time.

“Since removing TikTok, I’ve been much more confident, confident, and comfortable in being myself.”

TikTok says it is making an effort to remove videos that violate community guidelines.

A TikTok spokeswoman said the content was monitored to make sure it didn’t violate community guidelines and would be removed if it did.

“Keeping the community safe is a top priority for TikTok and we take great care of our users’ health.

“For some, TikTok provides the opportunity to live with and share the experience of recovering from an eating disorder, and expressions of this nature are permitted within community guidelines. I will.

“Content or accounts designed to promote or beautify eating disorders will be removed as they violate community guidelines.”