A decade of research reveals harms of ‘fitspiration’ content online
On TikTok and Instagram, fitness content is everywhere. Algorithms serve users glossy videos featuring toned bodies, gym routines and health food endorsements. This isn’t really new: “fitspiration”—an amalgam of “fitness” and “inspiration”—is one of the Internet’s oldest enduring types of content, with roots in the “thinspiration” world of online eating disorder communities. Fitness content has…
