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Online nutrition communities can become dangerous food cults
Original: Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers
A viewpoint piece argues that online 'nutrition communities' can pose unique dangers, functioning like food cults that draw people into extreme or restrictive eating beliefs. The article warns that tight-knit diet groups online can reinforce misinformation, normalize disordered eating, and isolate members from outside perspectives. It calls for greater awareness of how group dynamics in these spaces can harm physical and mental health.
Why now: Growing concern over how extreme diet groups spread misinformation and harmful eating behaviors online
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Evidence
- Viewpoint: Food cults: Online ‘nutrition communities’ can pose unique dangers · Genetic Literacy Project
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