RT Journal Article
T1 Health Communication Strategies via TikTok for the Prevention of Eating Disorders
A1 Rando-Cueto, Dolores
A1 De-las-Heras-Pedrosa, Carlos
A1 Paniagua-Rojano, Francisco Javier
K1 Redes sociales
K1 Anorexia - Prevención
K1 Conducta alimentaria - Trastornos - Prevención
K1 Riesgos para la salud - Comunicación
AB Patient assistance with severe eating disorders (EDs) is covered in hospital institutions by the specialized service offered. To a lesser extent, these types of pathologies are treated from health prevention, and there are hardly any experiences of health promotion in EDs through social networks. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the messages about ED spread on TikTok, particularly those disseminated by international hospitals. For this, a systematic review of the scientific literature has been conducted, and the analytic tools Fanpagekarma and analisa.io have been used to analyse TikTok accounts of hospital entities and an intentional sample of different tiktokers with EDs or in recovery and people who show themselves as valid advisers in this matter, as well as their followers, respectively. Among the results obtained (due to volume and lack of transparency), the strategies of those who participate in TikTok to promote unhealthy eating habits are striking, as well as the amount of content presented against the spread of EDs that has the opposite effect on receivers. This study highlights the influence of TikTok on people affected by an eating disorder or are vulnerable to suffer from it and advocates for the spread of communication proposals via this social network that are supervised or led by health specialists who validate the content of the messages from a hospital environment to prevent such disorders. The definition of lines of action in communication by health institutions in this sense is shown to be necessary to prevent the appearance of EDs or to slow down their growth.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-05-30
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27137
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27137
LA eng
NO Rando-Cueto D, de las Heras-Pedrosa C, Paniagua-Rojano FJ. Health Communication Strategies via TikTok for the Prevention of Eating Disorders. Systems. 2023; 11(6):274. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems11060274
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026