Social networks are no longer just a space for entertainment or communication. They have also become a daily source of information about health, food and lifestyle, capable of influencing people’s perception of their own body and what they consider healthy. In the field of obesity, this phenomenon poses an added challenge: the risk of reducing a complex health problem to an exclusively aesthetic or weight issue.
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Social networks are no longer just a space for entertainment or communication. They have also become a daily source of information about health, food and lifestyle, capable of influencing people’s perception of their own body and what they consider healthy. In the field of obesity, this phenomenon poses an added challenge: the risk of reducing a complex health problem to an exclusively aesthetic or weight issue.