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TikTok Has Gone Too Far for PTs

Oct 15, 2024
 

Did you know that a new survey finds that a majority of young adults using TikTok implement at least one nutrition fad seen on that platform each week?

This disturbing statistic should give pause to physical therapists who share information with their patients or on social media to the general population. Nutrition advice can be powerful and spreading fad diets or misinformation can really have a negative effect on our patients and those listening.

In this video I discuss the recent survey and offer some suggestions on resources and what DPTs need to be doing.

Enjoy the video (transcript below), here's the article, and if you like what you see here then know there is more in our 3 board-approved continuing education courses on Nutrition specific for Physical Therapists. Enroll today in our new bundled course offering and save 20%, a value of $60!

   

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Good morning everyone, this is Dr. Wells from Nutritional Physical Therapy and I'm here to talk today a little bit abou...

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