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TikToks advertisement policy on weight management and body image explicitly states that sponsored products cannot tout themselves as the sole solution for weight loss, and that any weight loss claims must be restricted to audiences aged 18 years or older, and must do so via the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. Listed among examples of what is not allowed are weight loss injections and fat-burning pills, as well as suggestions that losing or gaining weight is easy or guaranteed. When scrolling on TikTok, however, it seems that every other post is sponsored by a GLP-1 agonist product, most often a patch made of natural ingredients
Similar content being viewed by others Subjects Introduction Obesity is a major chronic disease that continues to increase in prevalence worldwide and constitutes a key risk factor for development and progression of numerous related diseases including hypertension, dyslipidaemia and type 2 diabetes 1
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