Study finds only 2% of TikTok health and nutrition advice is accurate

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A new study found only 2% of health and nutrition advice posted on TikTok is accurate.

The fitness app MyFitnessPal, partnering with Dublin City University, conducted a study on TikTok in which it used artificial intelligence to analyze over 67,000 health and nutrition videos posted on the app. Preliminary findings found that just 2.1% of the content analyzed was accurate, based on public health and nutrition guidelines.

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