Two brothers have been jailed after they scammed more than £2m from people who they tricked into paying for European Health Insurance Card (EHICs).
27.04.2023 - 08:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It’s no secret that social media can be bad for your mental health. Studies show heavy usage of apps can lead to increased risk of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and in extreme cases, self harm or suicidal thoughts.
Experts partly put this down to the way platforms can harbour negative emotions. For example, a person seeing images or videos of another person’s life, and feeling insecure about their own, or the way such content can stir up emotions like resentment or jealousy that others are having more fun or living better lives than they are.
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And now charity bosses fear that certain popular food trends could be negatively influencing users’ eating habits.
If you scroll through your TikTok feed, chances are it won’t be long until you’re served up videos of people talking to you about their daily food intake or giving you tips on how to lose weight.
Many recipe videos also include calorie and nutrition values.
‘What I Eat In A Day’ aka #WIEIAD is one of the biggest TikTok trends which has racked up billions of views.
As suggested by the name, it sees content creators create video diaries of what they have eaten or had to drink that day. Some are standard day-to-day meals, whereas others can be focused on calorie deficit diets or, at the opposite end of the spectrum, a person eating nothing but junk food for the day.
Martha Williams is a senior clinical advice coordinator with eating disorder charity Beat. She described the trend as “really dangerous”, and says that those sharing the videos may not realise how damaging they can be.
“It can be worrying because we're so different with what
Two brothers have been jailed after they scammed more than £2m from people who they tricked into paying for European Health Insurance Card (EHICs).
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