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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Chloe Laws

‘What I eat in a day’ videos are everywhere. Are they a toxic influence or helpful reminder to eat well?

Multiple times a day, during my designated scrolling time on TikTok (I try to keep this habit in check), voices echo out of my phone, all telling me what they’ve eaten that day. It’s a viral social media trend and the videos are everywhere.

“What I eat in a day as a fat 20-year-old who doesn’t diet”, “what I eat in a day as a guy who can eat whatever he wants without putting on weight”, “what I eat in a day as a woman with PCOS”, “what I eat in a day as a girl trying to heal her skin through diet”, “what I eat in a day as a twenty-three-year-old on Ozempic”, “what I eat in a day as a mum trying her best”.

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