YouTube is limiting recommendations of weight and fitness videos to teenagers – but more wide-ranging change is needed
- Written by Danielle Paddock, Research Associate in the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology (CeBSAP), Sheffield Hallam University
YouTube is restricting teenagers’ exposure to fitness and weight-related videos to protect their wellbeing. This means that the platform’s algorithm will no longer make repeated recommendations of content that focuses on achieving specific fitness levels or body weights, or extols particular physical features.
This could include gym...
