Shoulders Down

Is TikTok Wrecking Your Body Image & Self-Esteem? with Lizzy Pope, PhD, RD

April 22, 2024 Leah Kern
Shoulders Down
Is TikTok Wrecking Your Body Image & Self-Esteem? with Lizzy Pope, PhD, RD
Show Notes

In this week’s episode I’m joined by return guest Lizzy Pope, a professor and director of the undergraduate dietetics program at the University of Vermont. Lizzy is also a certified intuitive eating counselor and her research focuses on weight-inclusive nutrition education and manifestations of diet culture in social media.

Together, we discuss:

  • How weight inclusivity & the rise of Ozempic have impacted dietetics
  • The glorification of weight loss on TikTok
  • The lack of expert voices providing nutrition content
  • How TikTok videos perpetuate thin privilege and racism
  • The challenges of learning and teaching weight inclusivity

 
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