The Deadly Cost of Wellness Influencers

Trigger warning: this video discusses disordered eating, health anxiety, and death.

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My Chronic Illness Journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csj3bDtRbCA&t=2170s
Instagram: instagram.com/stateofkait

Resources:
NIH: Chronic conditions in women: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10077654/
NIHR: Why Do Women Feel Unheard? https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/collection/womens-health-why-women-feel-unheard/
NIH: Advancing Research on Chronic Conditions in Womenhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK604853/
NIH: Concentrations of parabens in human breast tumours
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14745841/
Global Wellness Institute: History of Wellness https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/what-is-wellness/history-of-wellness/#:~:text=Our%20modern%20use%20of%20the,in%20the%20title%20as%20contrast
2024 Global Wellness Economy Monitor https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/industry-research/2024-global-wellness-economy-monitor/
Did Clean Beauty Go Too Far? https://www.allure.com/story/is-clean-beauty-over
CDC Measles Cases and Outbreaks https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
Nieman Lab Do You Own Research Paper https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/asking-people-to-do-the-research-on-fake-news-stories-makes-them-seem-more-believable-not-less/
Imperial Bioscience Review: Debunking clean beauty and its fear of parabens https://imperialbiosciencereview.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/debunking-clean-beauty-and-its-fear-of-parabens/
The Conversation: how social media gave rise to fraudulent wellness influencers https://theconversation.com/apple-cider-vinegar-how-social-media-gave-rise-to-fraudulent-wellness-influencers-like-belle-gibson-249432
The Conversation: Why do we fall for wellness scams? https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-fall-for-wellness-scams-our-cultural-biases-and-myths-are-often-to-blame-250790
Routledge: ‘Link in bio’: fake cancer cures, radicalization pathways and online harms on TikTok https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/34219/
ABC: How Instagram wellness became a gateway drug for conspiracy theories https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-06-16/wellness-instagram-influencers-veer-into-conspiracy-theories/12348776
Wired: The Blogging Revolution https://www.wired.com/2002/05/the-blogging-revolution/
BBC: How wellness became big business https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/558FD1c2hXHCh1wJfN6lkKS/how-wellness-became-big-business#:~:text=In%201948%2C%20the%20idea%20of,A%20multi%2Dtrillion%20dollar%20industry
Nature: Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06883-y
Vox: Goop Is Selling Jade Eggs For Vaginas https://www.vox.com/2018/9/6/17826924/goop-yoni-egg-gwyneth-paltrow-settlement
New Yorker: The Cancer Scams That Foreshadowed MAHA https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-cancer-scams-that-foreshadowed-maha
Teen Vogue: These Vegan Bloggers Say Periods Are Toxic https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vegan-bloggers-say-periods-are-toxic
PLOS: The Dangers of “Do Your Own Research” and “Believe in Science” https://dnascience.plos.org/2024/10/24/the-dangers-of-do-your-own-research-and-believe-in-science/
Forbes: Ignored And Underrepresented: The Impact Of Excluding Women In Healthcare Research https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2023/03/07/ignored-and-underrepresented-the-impact-of-excluding-women-in-healthcare-research/
Washington Post: Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/17/do-your-own-research-study/
Children’s Defense: Child Poverty https://www.childrensdefense.org/tools-and-resources/the-state-of-americas-children/soac-child-poverty/
Science Daily: Lack of females in drug dose trials leads to overmedicated women https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812161318.htm#:~:text=Gender%20gap%20leaves%20women%20experiencing,often%20as%20men%2C%20study%20shows&text=Summary%3A,on%20men%2C%20suggests%20new%20research
AAMC: Why we know so little about women’s health https://www.aamc.org/news/why-we-know-so-little-about-women-s-health#:~:text=Throughout%20history%2C%20doctors%20have%20considered,of%20pharmaceuticals%20and%20medical%20devices

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