There are now numerous study results that indicate that there is a concrete connection between social media consumption and eating disorders.
Lane Bawe, student on the Bachelor's programme in Health Management and Health Promotion
Podcast #22: A fact check of nutrition trends on social media
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Eating just 500 kilocalories a day or drinking a vinegar shot early in the morning: these are just two of the numerous weight loss challenges circulating on TikTok & Co. But what impact do such hypes have on the behaviour of users and on our environment? How can I recognise well-founded and serious health information? And is there anything good to be gained from viral nutrition trends?
In the Campus Talk, we ask ourselves these questions and do a fact check on (health) influencers. Spoiler alert: Even though anyone can have their say on social media in theory, in practice many users don't have any specialist knowledge.
This is in stark contrast to our students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Health Management and Health Promotion: during their three-year course, they learn which criteria high-quality health information should fulfil and how to communicate it in an understandable way. In the coming academic year, the programme will also be expanded to include a focus on "Health Influencing on Social Media" and "Health Content Creation for Digital Media" so that our graduates can strengthen the health literacy of the population in an even more targeted manner and in line with the digital zeitgeist.
The health-conscious students definitely have the potential for this, as the current podcast episode proves. We hope you enjoy listening to it!
For ecological reasons, you can also use local products as an alternative to exotic superfoods: From a nutritional-physiological point of view, linseed, for example, is just as high quality as chia seeds.
Ewelina Dulovecz , student of the Bachelor's programme in Health Management and Health Promotion
Behind-the-scenes
The podcast was recorded by Bianca Nastl , a member of the marketing department at Burgenland University of Applied Sciences and herself a graduate of the university's Bachelor of Information, Media and Communication programme: "Nutrition is very individual and, in my opinion, cannot be applied to everyone through a general video on social media. Especially when it comes to questionable trends from TikTok users, you should be critical and think about your health instead of risking it for a few clicks. That's why I take well-founded nutrition tips from reputable experts as an impulse, but take personal responsibility in the final step."
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