India, June 27 -- Scrolling through social media quite often lands users on videos featuring people gushing about their weight loss journeys. This has become a highly popular trend, and people look forward to trying out these hacks to shed some extra kilos. However, these trends more often than not pose health risks.

According to USA Today, TikTok recently put a ban on the hashtag #SkinnyTok after multiple warnings and public outrage regarding the trend promotion of highly dangerous body standards and extreme weight loss.

This hasn't happened for the first time. In September last year, Liv Schmidt got banned after building her platform around weight loss and thinness.

From #SkinnyTok to extreme diet challenges, social media platforms, ...