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Altruistic-Goose5114 t1_iuq3xtf wrote

Reply to comment by butane_candelabra in New research from the University of Vermont finds the most viewed content on TikTok relating to food, nutrition and weight perpetuates a toxic diet culture among teens and young adults and that expert voices are largely missing from the conversation by Wagamaga

Waist/height ratio is much better for determining individual health, BMI was originally meant for a population.

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Altruistic-Goose5114 t1_iuq3po6 wrote

Reply to comment by anotherdumbcaucasian in New research from the University of Vermont finds the most viewed content on TikTok relating to food, nutrition and weight perpetuates a toxic diet culture among teens and young adults and that expert voices are largely missing from the conversation by Wagamaga

I'm going to give the researchers the benefit of the doubt and assume that by "shifted away from a weight-normative mindset, adopting a weight-inclusive approach to teaching dietetics" they mean that diets should be specifically tailored according to the individual. A 25 year old athletic man who's 6'8" will require a vastly different diet from a 5'1" 60 year old woman even if they're both the same BMI. Many of these videos push a one-size-fits-all approach which won't work for everyone.

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