April 15, 2024

A survey of 2,000 people and over 67,000 TikTok nutrition videos by Dublin City University in partnership with the MyFitnessPal platform showed only 2% offered accurate nutrition information that aligns with public health guidelines, while 57% of those surveyed say they are influenced or follow nutrition advice from these videos. Katie Keil of MyFitnessPal says, "The best thing we as consumers of social media can do is improve our digital health literacy -- and that starts with following credible experts and verifying what you hear against science."