Co-authored by Tia Scazighino

Food content is all over the internet these days. You can’t spend five minutes on social media without getting bombarded with fast food ads, cooking tutorials, diet culture, or the dreaded mukbang.

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of nutrition and health influencers who share their opinions about the latest diet hacks and nutrition trends. With this boom in food content, research shows that more and more youth are using social media as their main source of nutrition information.

Where’s the danger in this? Well, the poor regulation of social media makes the reliability of nutritional advice questionable at best. Many online health and wellness “gurus” don’t have adequate professional training. Because their content is monetized, their main goal is to attract as many........

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