{"id":53737,"date":"2025-04-27T03:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T03:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/53737\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T03:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T03:24:25","slug":"stop-rewarding-yourself-with-food-youre-not-a-dog-the-skinnytok-trend-raising-fears-over-body-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/53737\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stop rewarding yourself with food, you\u2019re not a dog\u2019: the #SkinnyTok trend raising fears over body image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">As she embarked on a health kick, \u00c9daein O\u2019Connell soon found her social media feeds flooded with posts promoting \u2018skinny girl\u2019 habits. She hears from experts how such content threatens vulnerable minds\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liv Schmidt was banned by TikTok last year for videos that were deemed to promote harmful dietary practices. Photo: Instagram&#13;&#10;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ir Liv Schmidt.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Liv Schmidt was banned by TikTok last year for videos that were deemed to promote harmful dietary practices. Photo: Instagram&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It\u2019s a Tuesday night, and I\u2019m indulging in my cherished evening treat. Cadbury Snack bar in hand, I\u2019m watching TV while scrolling on my phone. I open TikTok, knowing I\u2019ll get lost in the noise of content within seconds. Just as the sugary delectability reaches my mouth, a video pops up. It\u2019s a young girl, mid-20s at most. She\u2019s slim and quite obviously fit, with toned arms and a sculpted midriff. Her page is dedicated to \u2018skinny girl habits\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">I\u2019m accustomed to seeing these clips, as I\u2019m on a health kick. Once TikTok caught wind of this, the body-conscious content has been in full flow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As she embarked on a health kick, \u00c9daein O\u2019Connell soon found her social media feeds flooded with posts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4318],"tags":[105,4434,28653,449,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-53737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-review-magazine","11":"tag-tiktok","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114407791844450334","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}