These Industry-Funded Dietitians HAWK Unhealthy Foods On Social Media

There is no shortage of dietician and nutrition-related influencers on social media, but it's worth really understanding how paid off they really are. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.

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"As the World Health Organization raised questions this summer about the risks of a popular artificial sweetener, a new hashtag began spreading on the social media accounts of health professionals: #safetyofaspartame.

Steph Grasso, a registered dietitian from Oakton, Va., used the hashtag and told her 2.2 million followers on TikTok that the WHO warnings about artificial sweeteners were “clickbait” based on “low-quality science.”"

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