Why Instagram doctors can't fix the problems associated with wellness influencing

O'Neill, Rachel (2025) Why Instagram doctors can't fix the problems associated with wellness influencing. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (01 Jul 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Wellness influencers are widely criticised as “unqualified” health advisors, so what difference does it make when those giving lifestyle advice online are medical doctors? Rachel O’Neill writes that doctor-influencers reproduce many of the problems associated with their lay counterparts, emphasising personal experience and adding to existing confusion about what it means to eat “well”.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2025 12:54
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 14:13
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129210

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