Pressure to lose weight in January can be harmful, influencer and eating disorder charity Beat warn.
Plus-size model Felicity Hayward is worried about the impact of New Year's health posts on people struggling with the way they lookAt this time of year, we're surrounded by adverts and social media posts telling us how we can improve our health and appearance.
It can sometimes be difficult to know what to trust, as extreme diets and exercise routines can appear next to more well-informed advice. And this can be especially hard for those who struggle with the way they look, according to body-positive influencer Felicity Hayward.Instead, she urges us to "unfollow people who are promoting unrealistic body image, and follow people who inspire you"."There's often an increased pressure to lose weight and set health goals during January," according to"This can be very harmful for those with eating disorders," the charity tells BBC Newsbeat in a statement.
It warns that "adverts, social media posts and societal pressure to lose weight" can make illness worse and recovery more difficult."At Christmas, we get all these targeted ads and we're told to eat all of this food, drink all of this stuff, indulge," she says. "And then to move into January, when we're told to start eating a lot healthier and do all this stuff.""There should be a healthy balance between all of this, and that's what people should be promoting - but if they weren't promoting this 'new year, new me' thing, money wouldn't be made."
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