Celeb Endorsements "damaging" To Society

[spathiphyllum]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47090374

And i agree

[Mamyalynne]

I also agree, there's a huge difference between endorsing a clothing range and endorsing products that affect health and well being.

[agchristie]

Social media itself is damaging young people never mind the 'celebrity'' element!

[sanmac]

And anyone who wishes to ingest substances into their bodies in order to look like the people in those pictures has to be a bit of a hatter.

[spathiphyllum]

Half of this promoted tripe isn't even FDA approved.

[agchristie]

Katie Price - a good role model if ever there was one (sarcasm alert).

[spathiphyllum]

Celebs and these companies need to take on the responsibility of what they are promoting. They should be accountable.

[ummmm]

What does KP endorse?

[agchristie]

Ummm

//Katie Price (1.9 million followers) has advertised an appetite suppressant on her Instagram page, as did Vikki Patterson//

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, even Katie has fallen foul of this.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/katie-price-nutrition-products-dangerous-dietitians-dangerous-supplements-a8052541.html

[hc4361]

Did this all start in the 1980s with Sam Fox promoting a diet tea? I suspect it started long before that but nowadays 'celebrities' have much more access to their followers.

[ummmm]

Ahhh...I haven't seen it. I don't use instrgram or twitter.

[spathiphyllum]

Endorsements are fine. It's what they're endorsing and who is endorsing it. It's the implications that gives off... the things left unsaid.

[Mamyalynne]

The magazines in the sixties (before Ummmm's time) were awash with articles on dieting and slimming, including references to pills to aid you.

The history goes back a lot further of course.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/74336-history-diet-pills/

[hc4361]

I loathe the modern celebrity culture - getting famous and wealthy just for getting bags of silicone stuffed under your skin.

[spathiphyllum]

The fact this is happening on social media adds social pressure to fit in with what they make seem like a "norm" when it's an completely scripted lifestyle

[hc4361]

Apparently Lord Byron was an early celebrity endorser of fad dieting - vinegar for him

In the early 1800s the poet popularised a diet consisting mainly of vinegar.

If he were alive today he would probably be endorsing a book about the diet - and it would probably be a bestseller.

In order to cleanse and purge his body he would drink vinegar daily and eat potatoes soaked in the stuff. Side effects included vomiting and diarrhoea.

Because of Byron's huge cultural influence, there was a lot of worry about the effect his dieting was having on the youth of the day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20695743

[spathiphyllum]

anything that makes you vomit a lot and give you diarrhoea will to be fair, probably assist with weight loss lol

[Ken4155]

Scientists need to be quick and invent the anti-gullibility pill. One to be taken each time the ads come on :-)

[Ken4155]

Scratch that.I'll just repackage tubes of Smarties and sell them as the anti-gullibility pill. And, if i can get a celeb to endorse them, all the better.

[ummmm]

Very true, Ken.

So many adverts are misleading!