The era of #SkinnyTok may be coming to an end, but the mental health impacts on young people and unhealthy body standards may continue.

Experts are concerned about the proliferation of content that can encourage — and outright promote — disordered eating on ...

The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was ...

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The rise of #SkinnyTok is, in many ways, a rehashing of the pro-eating disorder content of the past. In the mid-1990s, it was British supermodel Kate Moss and “heroin chic”.

TikTok has banned the hashtag #SkinnyTok after public outrage and warnings that it was promoting unrealistic body standards, eating disorders and extreme weight loss. It's not the first time ...

The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was promoting extreme weight loss. But eliminating this kind of content is not easy.

The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was promoting extreme weight loss. But eliminating this kind of content is not easy.

#SkinnyTok is dead. Or at least that’s what TikTok wants you to believe after its recent ban of the hashtag promoting an extreme thin ideal. That might have appeased regulators, but it shouldn ...