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TikTok fitspiration videosAustralian Science Media Centre
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77% Informative
Flinders University researchers warn that TikTok fitspiration’ videos reinforce harmful gendered body ideals and often propagate bogus health information.
Most videos were posted by fitness influencers, and 60 per cent of the videos were found to present incorrect or harmful information.
Over half of the content depicting women involved sexualisation, followed by body shaming and eating disorder promotion.
VR Score
72
Informative language
70
Neutral language
38
Article tone
semi-formal
Language
English
Language complexity
87
Offensive language
offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
medium-lived
External references
4
Source diversity
3
Affiliate links
no affiliate links