A disturbing trend dubbed “SkinnyTok” is racking up millions of views across TikTok, Instagram, Reddit and YouTube, pushing extreme weight loss tactics, restrictive eating, and toxic “discipline” as the path to happiness — or at least thinness.
And it’s sending vulnerable users down a dangerous spiral, experts and survivors warn.
“I know that if I had seen that [advice] when I was younger, I would have thought I needed it, too,” Phaith Montoya, a body-positive influencer and eating disorder survivor told TODAY.com.
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