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A fascinating new study by researchers in New South Wales, Australia sheds light on the impact TikTok content has on the way people internalize societal beauty standards and, ultimately, develop negative feelings towards how they look. Specifically, it set out to measure the influence of pro-anorexia TikTok content on young women’s body image. The researchers measured young women’s body image and their internationalization of beauty standards before and after exposure to certain types of social media content. Remarkably, they found that even young women who view “neutral content” reported a de…

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