diet and exercise trends

In an article about gym culture, people in workout clothes lunge and carry weights around a track with a timer at its center.

The Re-Emergence of Gym Culture on Social Media

Anoushka Panganamamula, The Ohio State University

As fitness content surges in popularity, so have multiple harmful trends.…

September 7, 2023

health tracking illustration for Madison Feser's article by Amanda Morgan

Listen To Your Body, Not Your Fitbit — How ‘Health Tracking’ Is Hurting You

Step trackers, calorie counters, weight calculations, BMI scores and other so-called health tracking trends are pushing people away from a healthy mind-body relationship and into a physically and psychologically damaging cult of obsession.…

December 22, 2019

#Fitspo and the Hashtags People Don’t Talk About

Natalie Washuta, Colgate University

The #fitspiration community has a dark side, and it’s less about health and more about weighing less.…

July 16, 2017

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The Re-Emergence of Gym Culture on Social Media

Listen To Your Body, Not Your Fitbit — How ‘Health Tracking’ Is Hurting You

#Fitspo and the Hashtags People Don’t Talk About